Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Calexico Fire Department

Calexico, CA · Imperial County. Calexico Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations and 37 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.

37
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Calexico Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the California average.

Top 31%
national personnel size
+0%
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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
33/100
Calexico 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 D
18.5 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
37 personnel · 2 stations

Calexico Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Calexico, CA (Imperial County), with 2 stations and 37 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,950 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #6,950 of 22,440
  • CA personnel rank #290 of 721
  • 5.41 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 13 other listed departments in Imperial County

Calexico Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

37 Top 31% higher than 69% 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 13010 · Calexico Fire Department, CA 37 personnel · 2 stations

PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 37
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #6,950
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Williamsburg Town…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Williamsburg Township Emergency Services, OH (+ 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
PAID
Location
Calexico, CA
FDID
13010

FEMA Grant History

$0
Cumulative funding (FY2011)
1
Awards
Year Award Amount
2011 EMW2010FH00598 $-6,474

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

Staffing vs the California average

How Calexico Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #290 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,950 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 0% above the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
346
CA departments
1,309

County staffing outlier

Career (Paid) island in a volunteer-heavy Imperial County

County mix is mostly volunteer (7 volunteer / 6 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.

5.41 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 37 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Williamsburg Township Emergency Services, OH (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Brawley Fire Department
Brawley · career
Calipatria Fire Department
Calipatria · volunteer
El Centro Fire Department
El Centro · career
Holtville Fire Department
Holtville · volunteer
Imperial City Fire Department
Imperial · other
Imperial County Fire Department
Imperial · volunteer
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Nationwide career peers near 37 personnel

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