Department profile

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Woodland Fire Department

Woodland, WA · Cowlitz County. Woodland Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 47 total personnel. The department also provides EMS services. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

47
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Woodland Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount above the Washington average.

Top 20%
national personnel size
+27%
vs. Washington average
2
stations

National percentile ranks this department's personnel headcount against every listable U.S. department with reported staffing; the state comparison uses the same personnel figure against its own state's average. Both feed the verdict sentence and the chips above.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
50/100
Woodland Fire Department

A staffing, equipment, EMS-integration, and federal-grant-funding composite benchmarked against every other USFA-registered department nationally, not a safety rating, response-time measure, or comparison of fire risk. Dimensions with no data on file are excluded and their weight redistributed, never counted as zero.

Staffing capacity C
23.5 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
47 personnel · 2 stations

Woodland Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Woodland, WA (Cowlitz County), with 2 stations and 47 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,538 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #4,538 of 22,440
  • WA personnel rank #51 of 120
  • 4.26 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 2 other listed departments in Cowlitz County

Woodland Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

47 Top 20% higher than 80% of 22,440 departments

Listable U.S. fire departments, banded by total personnel

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Source HIFLD fire-station registry · 2026-09-06

Dispatch plate

Sheet 08M05 · Woodland Fire Department, WA 47 personnel · 2 stations

PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 47
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #4,538
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Abingdon Fire Pro…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Abingdon Fire Protection District, IL (+ 0 personnel)

Volunteer HIFLD roster counts, station rows, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer, and FEMA AFG/SAFER book for this FDID, not a readiness rating.

Personnel neighbourhood

Nationwide HIFLD headcount poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every WA department.

Department Profile

Type
MAINLY VOLUNTEER PROVIDERS
Location
Woodland, WA
FDID
08M05

FEMA Grant History

$0
Cumulative funding (FY2009)
1
Awards
Year Award Amount
2009 EMW2008FF00116 $-35,383

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the Washington average

How Woodland Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Washington. In-state it ranks #51 of 120 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,538 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 27% above the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
68
WA departments
483

County roster fringe

Woodland Fire Department is 9.7% of Cowlitz County roster mass

The county lists 14 departments totaling 484 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 64% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

4.26 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 47 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Abingdon Fire Protection District, IL (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Cowlitz 2 Fire and Rescue
Kelso · volunteer
Longview Fire Department
Longview · career
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Nationwide volunteer peers near 47 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every WA department.

Abingdon Fire Protection District, IL 47 Bradley Fire Department, IL 47 Burleson Fire Department, TX 47 Caribou Fire and Ambulance, ME 47 Caseyville Volunteer Fire Department, IL 47 City of Terrell Fire Department, TX 47 Eureka-Goodfield Fire Protection District - Eureka Station, IL 47 Gilmer Fire Department, TX 47

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Woodland Fire Department have?

Woodland Fire Department has 47 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 27% above the Washington average of 37 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #4,538 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within WA, it ranks #51 of 120 by personnel.

Does Woodland Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, Woodland Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Woodland Fire Department operate?

Woodland Fire Department operates 2 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Woodland Fire Department?

Woodland Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Cowlitz County, WA. Volunteer departments rely on community members who serve without full-time compensation.

Has Woodland Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Woodland Fire Department has received 1 FEMA grant totaling $-35,383 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2009 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2009.

How many fire departments are in Washington?

Washington has 483 fire departments with 17,908 total personnel. 58% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.