Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderBurney Fire Protection District
Burney, CA · Shasta County. Burney Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 21 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.
- 21
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Burney Fire Protection District pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the California average.
- 28th pct.
- national personnel size
- -43%
- vs. California average
- 2
- stations
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.
Burney Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department serving Burney, CA (Shasta County), with 2 stations and 21 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #16,149 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #16,149 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #503 of 721
- 9.52 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 30 other listed departments in Shasta County
Burney Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
21 Top 72% higher than 28% 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 45020 · Burney Fire Protection District, CA 21 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 21
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #16,149
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Belfield
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Belfield Fire Department, ND (+ 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.
- Burney Fire Prote… (this dept) 21
- High Bode, IA 21
- Near Belfield, ND 21
- Near Bull Shoals Volun…, AR 21
- Near Decatur Township…, OH 21
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Burney, CA
- County
- Shasta County
- FDID
- 45020
Staffing vs the California average
How Burney Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #503 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #16,149 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 346
- CA departments
- 1,309
County roster fringe
Burney Fire Protection District is 4.9% of Shasta County roster mass
The county lists 40 departments totaling 426 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 73% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
9.52 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 21 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Belfield Fire Department, ND (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 21 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.