Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderCalifornia Department of Forestry and Fire Protection / South Lake County Fire Protection District
Middletown, CA · Lake County. California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection / South Lake County Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department, 4 stations and 33 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.
- 33
- Total personnel
- 4
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection / South Lake County Fire Protection District pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the California average.
- Top 38%
- national personnel size
- -11%
- vs. California average
- 4
- 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 / South Lake County Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department serving Middletown, CA (Lake County), with 4 stations and 33 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8,607 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #8,607 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #331 of 721
- 12.12 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 10 other listed departments in Lake County
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection / South Lake County Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
33 Top 38% higher than 62% 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 17040 · California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection / South Lake County Fire Protection District, CA 33 personnel · 4 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 33
- STA-FEW 4 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #8,607
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Ashland
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Ashland Fire Department, MA (+ 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) 33
- High Boykins Volunteer…, VA 33
- Near Ashland, MA 33
- Near Coolin Cavanaugh…, ID 33
- Near Copper Creek-Mocc…, VA 33
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Middletown, CA
- County
- Lake County
- Ambulances
- 3
- FDID
- 17040
Staffing vs the California average
How California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection / South Lake County Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #331 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8,607 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 4
- State fire deaths/yr
- 346
- CA departments
- 1,309
County roster geometry
Lake County HIFLD mix around California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection / South Lake County Fire Protection District
Lake County: 14 departments, 306 personnel (8 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 86% of departments. County / state rollup.
12.12 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 33 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Ashland Fire Department, MA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 33 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.