Oregon Fire Department Personnel

Personnel (fire department membership) numbers vary by region, by state and even by county. Recruiting is critical to fire department success, see National Volunteer Fire Council’s Make Me a Firefighter and National Volunteer Fire Council’s Recruiting Resources. Check out how your department’s numbers compare to those around you, to see how your recruitment and retention investments are fairing.

This information is based solely upon fire departments that have registered with the National Fire Service Registry. If you have not registered your fire department, please do so, it is free and contributes to a complete picture of the fire services. Check out some Quick Facts from the registry.

Department Type

NOTE: In the USFA National Fire Service Registry data for Oregon there is 1 department NOT classified, and so NOT included in these statistics. Departments should register as Career, Mostly Career, Volunteer or Mostly Volunteer but we do not have it for this 1 department .

Volunteer Departments of Oregon

Here are the average numbers of volunteer firefighters for each county within Oregon, as well as the maximum and minimum numbers for that county.

County	# Volunteer Departments	Average Firefighters	Highest #	Lowest #
Baker	10	12	29	5
Benton	4	22	31	15
Clackamas	8	58	99	35
Clatsop	11	27	56	10
Columbia	5	46	86	31
Coos	14	24	47	10
Crook	1	64	–	–
Curry	10	18	40	8
Deschutes	5	26	42	14
Douglas	22	24	74	6
Gilliam	3	15	17	14
Grant	6	14	22	6
Harney	2	23	29	16
Hood River	8	35	53	15
Jackson	12	33	104	8
Jefferson	3	27	34	20
Josephine	5	36	64	10
Klamath	13	22	36	7
Lake	5	18	30	12
Lane	21	32	91	8
Lincoln	7	32	74	15
Linn	9	36	66	19
Malheur	6	24	35	10
Marion	19	37	92	14
Morrow	4	20	31	11
Multnomah	3	24	36	10
Polk	4	40	74	18
Sherman	4	11	12	7
Tillamook	7	23	38	15
Umatilla	9	25	42	15
Union	7	22	37	12
Wallowa	4	15	21	5
Wasco	6	14	24	5
Washington	5	51	88	33
Wheeler	4	13	17	10
Yamhill	11	39	88	17

Career Departments of Oregon

Here are the average numbers of career firefighters for each county within Oregon, as well as the maximum and minimum numbers for that county.

County	# Career Departments	Average Firefighters	Highest #	Lowest #
Benton	1	102	–	–
Clackamas	3	307	667	50
Clatsop	1	40	–	–
Deschutes	3	47	68	36
Douglas	3	40	59	21
Jackson	3	36	72	5
Josephine	1	30	–	–
Klamath	2	38	52	24
Lane	2	129	179	79
Lincoln	1	15	–	–
Linn	1	68	–	–
Marion	1	147	–	–
Multnomah	3	268	667	45
Umatilla	3	38	65	15
Wasco	1	32	–	–
Washington	2	240	375	104

Department Types of Oregon

Here are the department types by county for volunteer and career agencies in for Oregon.

Looking for NFIRS FDIDs?

Here are the fire department identifiers (FDIDs) for agencies within Oregon. NFIRS FDIDs are required for submitting NFIRS reports with mutual aid or automatic aid with those departments.

Need more NFIRS help?

Here are some useful ressources to learn more about NFIRS.

NFIRS Codes Cheat Sheet – NFIRS Coding – NFIRS Examples – FDIDs – POCs – NFIRS Transactions – NFIRS Modules – NFIRS Elements – NFIRS Rules – NFIRS Reference – NFIRS Compliant ?

You can also read this NFIRS 5.0 Complete Reference Guide, and NFIRS 5.0 Design documentation in order to have a deeper understanding of NFIRS 5.0. Here are also NFIRS 5.0 Forms ready for you to download and use.

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