Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderCalifornia Pines Lake Fire Station
Alturas, CA · Modoc County. California Pines Lake Fire Station is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 13 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.
- 13
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
California Pines Lake Fire Station pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well below the California average.
- 6th pct.
- national personnel size
- -65%
- 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 Pines Lake Fire Station is a Volunteer department serving Alturas, CA (Modoc County), with 2 stations and 13 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #21,029 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #21,029 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #650 of 721
- 15.38 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 15 other listed departments in Modoc County
California Pines Lake Fire Station vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
13 Top 94% higher than 6% 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 25018 · California Pines Lake Fire Station, CA 13 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MICRO · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MICRO 13
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #21,029
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Jal Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Jal Volunteer Fire Department, NM (+ 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 Pines… (this dept) 13
- High Mountain Pine Vol…, AR 13
- Near Jal Volunteer, NM 13
- Near Eros Volunteer, LA 13
- Near Boggs Run Volunte…, WV 13
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Alturas, CA
- County
- Modoc County
- FDID
- 25018
Staffing vs the California average
How California Pines Lake Fire Station's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #650 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #21,029 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 Pines Lake Fire Station is 8.0% of Modoc County roster mass
The county lists 16 departments totaling 163 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 56% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
15.38 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 13 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Jal Volunteer Fire Department, NM (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 13 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.