Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderBear Valley Public Safety
Bear Valley, CA · Alpine County. Bear Valley Public Safety is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 19 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.
- 19
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Bear Valley Public Safety pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the California average.
- 20th pct.
- national personnel size
- -49%
- 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.
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.
Bear Valley Public Safety is a Volunteer department serving Bear Valley, CA (Alpine County), with 1 station and 19 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #17,876 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #17,876 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #543 of 721
- 5.26 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 4 other listed departments in Alpine County
Bear Valley Public Safety vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
19 Top 80% higher than 20% 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 02008 · Bear Valley Public Safety, CA 19 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 19
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #17,876
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Gore Hill Volunte…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Gore Hill Volunteer Fire Department, MT (+ 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.
- Bear Valley Publi… (this dept) 19
- High Cotuit, MA 19
- Near Gore Hill Volunte…, MT 19
- Near Hickman Volunteer…, NE 19
- Near Prescott Volunteer, IA 19
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Bear Valley, CA
- County
- Alpine County
- FDID
- 02008
Staffing vs the California average
How Bear Valley Public Safety's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #543 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #17,876 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 346
- CA departments
- 1,309
County roster weight
Bear Valley Public Safety carries 29.7% of Alpine County HIFLD personnel
Among 5 listed departments (64 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 80% of the county count. County / state rollup.
5.26 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 19 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Gore Hill Volunteer Fire Department, MT (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 19 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.