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California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection - Weott

Weott, CA · Humboldt County. California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection - Weott is a fire 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 - Weott 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.

F
PlainFireData Composite Score
8/100
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection - Weott

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 F
11 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness F
0.5 vehicles per station (national median 2)
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
22 personnel · 2 stations

California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection - Weott is a fire department serving Weott, CA (Humboldt 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 #15,486 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #15,486 of 22,440
  • CA personnel rank #490 of 721
  • 9.09 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 46 other listed departments in Humboldt County

California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection - Weott 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 CA-CALIFORNIA-DEPARTMENT-OF-FORESTRY-AND-FIRE-PROTECT-CA-2 · California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection - Weott, CA 22 personnel · 2 stations

PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-SMALL 22
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #15,486
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Ables Springs Vol…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Ables Springs Volunteer Fire Department, TX (+ 0 personnel)

Instrument codes from this department’s HIFLD personnel and station counts, staffing type, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer department, FEMA AFG/SAFER book, and field completeness, not a readiness rating.

Personnel neighbourhood

Nationwide HIFLD headcount poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every CA department.

Department Profile

Type
Location
Weott, CA
Ambulances
1

Staffing vs the California average

How California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection - Weott's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #490 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #15,486 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 41% below the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
346
CA departments
1,309

County roster fringe

California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection - Weott is 3.9% of Humboldt County roster mass

The county lists 51 departments totaling 570 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 76% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

9.09 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 22 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Ables Springs Volunteer Fire Department, TX (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nationwide departments near 22 personnel

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