Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderCentral County Fire Department
Burlingame, CA · San Mateo County. Central County Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 5 stations and 76 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.
- 76
- Total personnel
- 5
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Central County Fire Department pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the California average.
- Top 7%
- national personnel size
- +105%
- vs. California average
- 5
- 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.
Central County Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Burlingame, CA (San Mateo County), with 5 stations and 76 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,609 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #1,609 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #108 of 721
- 6.58 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 22 other listed departments in San Mateo County
Central County Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
76 Top 7% higher than 93% 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 41556 · Central County Fire Department, CA 76 personnel · 5 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 76
- STA-FEW 5 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #1,609
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Irondale
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Irondale Fire Department, OH (+ 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.
- Central County (this dept) 76
- High Maumee Fire Divis…, OH 76
- Near Irondale, OH 76
- Near Swedeland Fire Co…, PA 76
- Near Wawayanda Volunte…, NY 76
Department Profile
- Type
- PAID
- Location
- Burlingame, CA
- County
- San Mateo County
- FDID
- 41556
Staffing vs the California average
How Central County Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #108 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,609 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 5
- State fire deaths/yr
- 346
- CA departments
- 1,309
County roster fringe
Central County Fire Department is 9.2% of San Mateo County roster mass
The county lists 29 departments totaling 826 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 93% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
6.58 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (5 stations / 76 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Irondale Fire Department, OH (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 76 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.