Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderCachagua Fire Protection District
Carmel Valley, CA · Monterey County. Cachagua Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 28 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.
- 28
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Cachagua Fire Protection District pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the California average.
- 49th pct.
- national personnel size
- -24%
- vs. California average
- 3
- 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.
Cachagua Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department serving Carmel Valley, CA (Monterey County), with 3 stations and 28 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #11,368 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #11,368 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #389 of 721
- 10.71 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 29 other listed departments in Monterey County
Cachagua Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
28 Top 51% higher than 49% 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 27905 · Cachagua Fire Protection District, CA 28 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 28
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #11,368
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Race Track Valley…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Race Track Valley Fire District, 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.
- Cachagua Fire Pro… (this dept) 28
- High Sturbridge, MA 28
- Near Race Track Valley…, MT 28
- Near Garrison Volunteer, MT 28
- Near Mercer Rural Fire…, ND 28
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Carmel Valley, CA
- County
- Monterey County
- FDID
- 27905
Staffing vs the California average
How Cachagua Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #389 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #11,368 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 346
- CA departments
- 1,309
County roster fringe
Cachagua Fire Protection District is 3.1% of Monterey County roster mass
The county lists 35 departments totaling 901 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 80% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
10.71 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 28 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Race Track Valley Fire District, MT (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 28 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.