Department profile
VolunteerChevron Fire Department at the Richmond Refinery
Richmond, CA · Contra Costa County. Chevron Fire Department at the Richmond Refinery is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 90 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 90
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Chevron Fire Department at the Richmond Refinery pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the California average.
- Top 5%
- national personnel size
- +143%
- 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.
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.
Chevron Fire Department at the Richmond Refinery is a Volunteer department serving Richmond, CA (Contra Costa County), with 1 station and 90 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,148 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #1,148 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #82 of 721
- 1.11 stations per 100 personnel
- 21 other listed departments in Contra Costa County
Chevron Fire Department at the Richmond Refinery vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
90 Top 5% higher than 95% 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 19908 · Chevron Fire Department at the Richmond Refinery, CA 90 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-MID 90
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-TOP #1,148
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Worcester County…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Worcester County Fire Department - Newark, MD (+ 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.
- Chevron Fire Depa… (this dept) 90
- High Evergreen Volunte…, VA 90
- Near Worcester County…, MD 90
- Near Clayton Volunteer, NY 90
- Near Holmes Fire Compa…, PA 90
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Richmond, CA
- County
- Contra Costa County
- FDID
- 19908
Staffing vs the California average
How Chevron Fire Department at the Richmond Refinery's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #82 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,148 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
Chevron Fire Department at the Richmond Refinery is 6.9% of Contra Costa County roster mass
The county lists 27 departments totaling 1,307 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 93% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
1.11 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 90 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Worcester County Fire Department - Newark, MD (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 90 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.