Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderArcata Fire Protection District
Arcata, CA · Humboldt County. Arcata Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 60 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.
- 60
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Arcata Fire Protection District pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the California average.
- Top 11%
- national personnel size
- +62%
- vs. California average
- 3
- stations
- $3,178,692
- FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record
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.
Arcata Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department serving Arcata, CA (Humboldt County), with 3 stations and 60 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,547 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $3,178,692.
- National personnel rank #2,547 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #147 of 721
- 5.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 46 other listed departments in Humboldt County
Arcata Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
60 Top 11% higher than 89% 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 12140 · Arcata Fire Protection District, CA 60 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 60
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #2,547
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Virgil
- FEMA-MID $3.2M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Virgil Fire Department, NY (+ 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 CA department.
- Arcata Fire Prote… (this dept) 60
- High Hobart, NY 60
- Near Virgil, NY 60
- Near Windsor-Severance…, CO 60
- Near Franklin Fire Dis…, NY 60
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Arcata, CA
- County
- Humboldt County
- FDID
- 12140
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | EMW2014FH00305 | $1,051,995 |
| 2012 | EMW2011FR00116 | $604,578 |
| 2011 | EMW-2011-FH-0055 | $1,583,925 |
| 2011 | EMW2010FF00285 | $-61,806 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the California average
How Arcata Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #147 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,547 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 geometry
Humboldt County HIFLD mix around Arcata Fire Protection District
Humboldt County: 51 departments, 570 personnel (31 volunteer / 5 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 76% of departments. County / state rollup.
5.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 60 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Virgil Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 60 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.