Department profile

Career (Paid)

California State Prison - los Angeles County Fire Department

Lancaster, CA · Los Angeles County. California State Prison - los Angeles County Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 4 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

4
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Not reported
EMS service

The verdict

California State Prison - los Angeles County Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well below the California average.

0th pct.
national personnel size
-89%
vs. California average
1
station

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
3/100
California State Prison - los Angeles County Fire Department

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
4 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
4 personnel · 1 station

California State Prison - los Angeles County Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Lancaster, CA (Los Angeles County), with 1 station and 4 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #22,397 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #22,397 of 22,440
  • CA personnel rank #716 of 721
  • 25.00 stations per 100 personnel
  • 45 other listed departments in Los Angeles County

California State Prison - los Angeles County Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

4 Top 100% in the bottom 1% 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 19495 · California State Prison - los Angeles County Fire Department, CA 4 personnel · 1 station

PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-UNK · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-MICRO 4
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-UNK EMS pending
  • RANK-LOWER #22,397
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Awendaw Fire Dist…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Awendaw Fire District, SC (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
CAREER
Location
Lancaster, CA
FDID
19495

Staffing vs the California average

How California State Prison - los Angeles County Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #716 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #22,397 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 89% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
346
CA departments
1,309

County roster fringe

California State Prison - los Angeles County Fire Department is 0.1% of Los Angeles County roster mass

The county lists 71 departments totaling 7,350 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 94% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

25.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 4 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Awendaw Fire District, SC (+0 personnel).

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

Nationwide career peers near 4 personnel

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