Department profile
Career (Paid)Aptos-LA Selva Fire Protection District
Aptos, CA · Santa Cruz County. Aptos-LA Selva Fire Protection District is a Career (Paid) department, 3 stations and 40 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 40
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Aptos-LA Selva Fire Protection District pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the California average.
- Top 26%
- national personnel size
- +8%
- vs. California average
- 3
- 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.
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.
Aptos-LA Selva Fire Protection District is a Career (Paid) department serving Aptos, CA (Santa Cruz County), with 3 stations and 40 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #5,838 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #5,838 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #270 of 721
- 7.50 stations per 100 personnel
- 14 other listed departments in Santa Cruz County
Aptos-LA Selva Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
40 Top 26% higher than 74% 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 44005 · Aptos-LA Selva Fire Protection District, CA 40 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 40
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #5,838
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Auburn Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Auburn Volunteer Fire Department, NE (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid 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 CA department.
- Aptos-LA Selva Fi… (this dept) 40
- High Sharpsville Volun…, PA 40
- Near Auburn Volunteer, NE 40
- Near Jamestown Volunte…, PA 40
- Near Hortonville Horto…, WI 40
Department Profile
- Type
- PAID
- Location
- Aptos, CA
- County
- Santa Cruz County
- FDID
- 44005
Staffing vs the California average
How Aptos-LA Selva Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #270 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #5,838 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 346
- CA departments
- 1,309
County roster fringe
Aptos-LA Selva Fire Protection District is 6.8% of Santa Cruz County roster mass
The county lists 22 departments totaling 587 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 23% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
7.50 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 40 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Auburn Volunteer Fire Department, NE (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 40 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.