Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Benicia Fire Department

Benicia, CA · Solano County. Benicia Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations and 59 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.

59
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Benicia Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the California average.

Top 12%
national personnel size
+59%
vs. California average
2
stations
$683,731
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.

B
PlainFireData Composite Score
66/100
Benicia 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 B
29.5 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
59 personnel · 2 stations

Benicia Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Benicia, CA (Solano County), with 2 stations and 59 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,746 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $683,731.

  • National personnel rank #2,746 of 22,440
  • CA personnel rank #151 of 721
  • 3.39 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 12 other listed departments in Solano County

Benicia Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

59 Top 12% higher than 88% 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 48005 · Benicia Fire Department, CA 59 personnel · 2 stations

PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MID 59
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #2,746
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Payson
  • FEMA-MID $684K
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Payson Fire Department, UT (+ 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 PAID
Location
Benicia, CA
FDID
48005

FEMA Grant History

$0
Cumulative funding (FY2018)
0
Awards
Year Award Amount
2018 EMW-2018-FH-00392 $683,731.48

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the California average

How Benicia Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #151 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,746 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 59% above the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
346
CA departments
1,309

County roster fringe

Benicia Fire Department is 7.7% of Solano County roster mass

The county lists 21 departments totaling 766 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 90% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

3.39 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 59 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Payson Fire Department, UT (+0 personnel).

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Nationwide career peers near 59 personnel

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

Payson Fire Department, UT 59 Porum Landing Fire Protection Association, OK 59 Caton Volunteer Fire Department, NY 59 Eatons Neck Volunteer Fire Department, NY 59 Pascagoula Fire Department - Central Station, MS 59 Westfield Fire Department, IN 59 Shrewsbury Fire Department, MA 59 Sandusky Fire Department, OH 59

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Benicia Fire Department have?

Benicia Fire Department has 59 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 59% above the California average of 37 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #2,746 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within CA, it ranks #151 of 721 by personnel.

Does Benicia Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, Benicia Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Benicia Fire Department operate?

Benicia Fire Department operates 2 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Benicia Fire Department?

Benicia Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Solano County, CA. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

Has Benicia Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Benicia Fire Department has received 1 FEMA grant totaling $683,731.48 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2018 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2018.

How many fire departments are in California?

California has 1,309 fire departments with 48,526 total personnel. 40% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.