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Butte County Fire Department

Biggs, CA · Butte County. Butte County Fire Department is a Volunteer department. 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.

Not reported
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service
F
PlainFireData Composite Score
0/100
Butte County 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
No station count on file for this department
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
Volunteer department profile

Butte County Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Biggs, CA (Butte County). According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $2,840,294.

  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 8 other listed departments in Butte County

Dispatch plate

Sheet 04005 · Butte County Fire Department, CA personnel n/a

PERS-UNK · STA-UNK · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UNK · GAP-UNK · FEMA-MID · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-UNK Staff pending
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UNK Rank pending
  • GAP-UNK Gap pending
  • FEMA-MID $2.8M
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

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.

Department Profile

Type
MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
Location
Biggs, CA
FDID
04005

FEMA Grant History

$2.8M
Cumulative funding (FY2009–2024)
7
Awards
Year Award Amount
2024 EMW-2024-FF-00701 $815,000
2019 EMW-2019-FP-00147 $682,464
2019 EMW-2019-FF-00489 $409,295.45
2017 EMW-2017-FF-00363 $311,000
2014 EMW2013FF00287 $335,880
2013 EMW-2013-FF-00287 $-1
2009 EMW-2009-FO-0279 $286,656

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

County roster geometry

Butte County HIFLD mix around Butte County Fire Department

Butte County: 11 departments, 274 personnel (5 volunteer / 3 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 91% of departments. County / state rollup.

Nearby Departments

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Chico · career
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Oroville · career
Paradise Fire Department
Paradise · volunteer
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Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Butte County Fire Department have?

Personnel data for Butte County Fire Department is not available in the HIFLD database.

Does Butte County Fire Department provide EMS services?

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

How many fire stations does Butte County Fire Department operate?

Station count data for Butte County Fire Department is not available in the HIFLD database.

What type of fire department is Butte County Fire Department?

Butte County Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Butte County, CA. Volunteer departments rely on community members who serve without full-time compensation.

Has Butte County Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Butte County Fire Department has received 7 FEMA grants totaling $2,840,294.45 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2009–2024 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2024.

How many fire departments are in California?

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

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Verify with USFA/FEMA →

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