Department profile
Career (Paid)California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection - Perris Station
Perris, CA · Riverside County. California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection - Perris Station is a Career (Paid) department, 95 stations and 2,030 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 2,030
- Total personnel
- 95
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection - Perris Station pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the California average.
- Top 1%
- national personnel size
- +5386%
- vs. California average
- 95
- 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 - Perris Station is a Career (Paid) department serving Perris, CA (Riverside County), with 95 stations and 2,030 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #4 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #1 of 721
- 4.68 stations per 100 personnel
- 31 other listed departments in Riverside County
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection - Perris Station vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
2,030 Top 1% higher than 99%+ 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 33555 · California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection - Perris Station, CA 2,030 personnel · 95 stations
PERS-METRO · STA-SYSTEM · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-N · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-METRO 2,030
- STA-SYSTEM 95 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-TOP #4
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Dallas Fire-Rescue
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Dallas Fire-Rescue, TX (+ 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 Depart… (this dept) 2,030
- High Dallas Fire-Rescue, TX 2,030
- Near Prince Georges Co…, MD 1,981
- Near City of Memphis D…, TN 1,808
- Low Baltimore City Fi…, MD 1,752
Department Profile
- Type
- PAID
- Location
- Perris, CA
- County
- Riverside County
- FDID
- 33555
Staffing vs the California average
How California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection - Perris Station's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #1 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 95
- State fire deaths/yr
- 346
- CA departments
- 1,309
County roster weight
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection - Perris Station carries 63.5% of Riverside County HIFLD personnel
Among 39 listed departments (3,195 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 26% of the county count. County / state rollup.
4.68 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (95 stations / 2,030 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Dallas Fire-Rescue, TX (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 2,030 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.