Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderCalifornia Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
Pismo Beach, CA · San Luis Obispo County. California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 22 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.
- 22
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the California average.
- 31st pct.
- national personnel size
- -41%
- 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.
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection is a Volunteer department serving Pismo Beach, CA (San Luis Obispo County), with 2 stations and 22 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #15,485 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #15,485 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #489 of 721
- 9.09 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 18 other listed departments in San Luis Obispo County
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection 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 40055 · California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, CA 22 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 22
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #15,485
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Plainview Communi…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Plainview Community Volunteer Fire Department, LA (+ 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.
- California Depart… (this dept) 22
- High Madden Volunteer, MS 22
- Near Plainview Communi…, LA 22
- Near Kasota, MN 22
- Near Courtdale Volunte…, PA 22
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Pismo Beach, CA
- County
- San Luis Obispo County
- FDID
- 40055
Staffing vs the California average
How California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #489 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #15,485 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
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection is 4.9% of San Luis Obispo County roster mass
The county lists 22 departments totaling 450 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 77% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
9.09 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 22 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Plainview Community Volunteer Fire Department, LA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 22 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.