Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderCalifornia Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
Half Moon Bay, CA · San Mateo County. California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations and 58 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.
- 58
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the California average.
- Top 13%
- national personnel size
- +57%
- 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 Career (Paid) department serving Half Moon Bay, CA (San Mateo County), with 2 stations and 58 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,812 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,812 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #155 of 721
- 3.45 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 22 other listed departments in San Mateo 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
58 Top 13% higher than 87% 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 41045 · California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, CA 58 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 58
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #2,812
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Green River
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Green River Fire Department, WY (+ 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) 58
- High Texarkana Arkansas, AR 58
- Near Green River, WY 58
- Near Millersville Fire…, PA 58
- Near Sparrowbush Engin…, NY 58
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY PAID
- Location
- Half Moon Bay, CA
- County
- San Mateo County
- FDID
- 41045
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 #155 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,812 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 7.0% of San Mateo County roster mass
The county lists 29 departments totaling 826 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 93% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
3.45 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 58 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Green River Fire Department, WY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 58 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.