Department profile

Career (Paid)

Atascadero State Hospital Fire Department

Atascadero, CA · San Luis Obispo County. Atascadero State Hospital Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 13 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

13
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Not reported
EMS service

The verdict

Atascadero State Hospital Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well below the California average.

6th pct.
national personnel size
-65%
vs. California average
1
station

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.

F
PlainFireData Composite Score
14/100
Atascadero State Hospital 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 F
13 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
13 personnel · 1 station

Atascadero State Hospital Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Atascadero, CA (San Luis Obispo County), with 1 station and 13 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #21,003 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #21,003 of 22,440
  • CA personnel rank #648 of 721
  • 7.69 stations per 100 personnel
  • 18 other listed departments in San Luis Obispo County

Atascadero State Hospital Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

13 Top 94% higher than 6% 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 40490 · Atascadero State Hospital Fire Department, CA 13 personnel · 1 station

PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-UNK · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-MICRO 13
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-UNK EMS pending
  • RANK-LOWER #21,003
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bath Volunteer
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Bath Volunteer Fire Department, NH (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
MOSTLY CAREER
Location
Atascadero, CA
FDID
40490

Staffing vs the California average

How Atascadero State Hospital Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #648 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #21,003 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 65% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
346
CA departments
1,309

County roster fringe

Atascadero State Hospital Fire Department is 2.9% of San Luis Obispo County roster mass

The county lists 22 departments totaling 450 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 77% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

7.69 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 13 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Bath Volunteer Fire Department, NH (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nationwide career peers near 13 personnel

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