Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderBrawley Fire Department
Brawley, CA · Imperial County. Brawley Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 23 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.
- 23
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Brawley Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the California average.
- 33rd pct.
- national personnel size
- -38%
- 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.
Brawley Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Brawley, CA (Imperial County), with 1 station and 23 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #14,941 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #14,941 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #473 of 721
- 4.35 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 13 other listed departments in Imperial County
Brawley Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
23 Top 67% higher than 33% 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 13005 · Brawley Fire Department, CA 23 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 23
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #14,941
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Laurel
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Laurel 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.
- Brawley (this dept) 23
- High Holland, MA 23
- Near Laurel, NE 23
- Near Clay County Volun…, MS 23
- Near Organ Volunteer F…, NM 23
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY PAID
- Location
- Brawley, CA
- County
- Imperial County
- FDID
- 13005
Staffing vs the California average
How Brawley Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #473 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #14,941 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 fringe
Brawley Fire Department is 8.5% of Imperial County roster mass
The county lists 18 departments totaling 272 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 89% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
4.35 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 23 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Laurel Fire Department, NE (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 23 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.