Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderCambria Fire Department
Cambria, CA · San Luis Obispo County. Cambria Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 25 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.
- 25
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Cambria Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the California average.
- 42nd pct.
- national personnel size
- -32%
- vs. California average
- 1
- station
- $1,877,639
- FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record
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.
Cambria Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Cambria, CA (San Luis Obispo County), with 1 station and 25 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #13,120 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $1,877,639.
- National personnel rank #13,120 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #446 of 721
- 4.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 18 other listed departments in San Luis Obispo County
Cambria Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
25 Top 58% higher than 42% 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 40020 · Cambria Fire Department, CA 25 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 25
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #13,120
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bear Creek Townsh…
- FEMA-MID $1.9M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Bear Creek Township Volunteer Hose Fire Company, PA (+ 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.
- Cambria (this dept) 25
- High Woodworth Volunte…, LA 25
- Near Bear Creek Townsh…, PA 25
- Near Ellsworth Fire an…, IA 25
- Near Pringle Volunteer, PA 25
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY PAID
- Location
- Cambria, CA
- County
- San Luis Obispo County
- FDID
- 40020
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | EMW-2024-FF-00835 | $569,973.9 |
| 2020 | EMW-2020-FF-00316 | $911,140.59 |
| 2017 | EMW-2017-FH-00591 | $0 |
| 2016 | EMW2014FH00935 | $396,525 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the California average
How Cambria Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #446 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #13,120 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 346
- CA departments
- 1,309
County roster fringe
Cambria Fire Department is 5.6% of San Luis Obispo County roster mass
The county lists 22 departments totaling 450 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 77% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
4.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 25 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Bear Creek Township Volunteer Hose Fire Company, PA (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 25 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.