Department profile
Career (Paid)California Correctional Center / High Desert State Prison Fire Department
Susanville, CA · Lassen County. California Correctional Center / High Desert State Prison Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 22 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 22
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
California Correctional Center / High Desert State Prison Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the California average.
- 31st pct.
- national personnel size
- -41%
- 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.
California Correctional Center / High Desert State Prison Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Susanville, CA (Lassen County), with 1 station and 22 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #15,484 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #15,484 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #488 of 721
- 4.55 stations per 100 personnel
- 19 other listed departments in Lassen County
California Correctional Center / High Desert State Prison Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
22 Top 69% higher than 31% 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 18410 · California Correctional Center / High Desert State Prison Fire Department, CA 22 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-UNK · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 22
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-LOWER #15,484
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bluefield Virginia
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Bluefield Virginia Fire Department, VA (+ 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.
- California Correc… (this dept) 22
- High Rockwood-Garoga-L…, NY 22
- Near Bluefield Virginia, VA 22
- Near Ideal Township, MN 22
- Near Sir William Johns…, NY 22
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Susanville, CA
- County
- Lassen County
- FDID
- 18410
Staffing vs the California average
How California Correctional Center / High Desert State Prison Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #488 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #15,484 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 346
- CA departments
- 1,309
County staffing outlier
Career (Paid) island in a volunteer-heavy Lassen County
County mix is mostly volunteer (15 volunteer / 5 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.
4.55 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 22 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Bluefield Virginia Fire Department, VA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 22 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.