Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderChico Fire Department
Chico, CA · Butte County. Chico Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 6 stations and 114 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.
- 114
- Total personnel
- 6
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Chico Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the California average.
- Top 3%
- national personnel size
- +208%
- vs. California average
- 6
- 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.
Chico Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Chico, CA (Butte County), with 6 stations and 114 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #737 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #737 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #60 of 721
- 5.26 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 8 other listed departments in Butte County
Chico Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
114 Top 3% higher than 97% of 22,440 departments
Listable U.S. fire departments, banded by total personnel
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more departments. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source HIFLD fire-station registry · 2026-09-06
Dispatch plate
Sheet 04010 · Chico Fire Department, CA 114 personnel · 6 stations
PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 114
- STA-MULTI 6 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #737
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ North Providence
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: North Providence Fire Department, RI (+ 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.
- Chico (this dept) 114
- High Lisle-Woodridge F…, IL 114
- Near North Providence, RI 114
- Near Bloomfield, NJ 114
- Near College Station F…, TX 114
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Chico, CA
- County
- Butte County
- FDID
- 04010
Staffing vs the California average
How Chico Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #60 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #737 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 6
- State fire deaths/yr
- 346
- CA departments
- 1,309
County roster weight
Chico Fire Department carries 41.6% of Butte County HIFLD personnel
Among 11 listed departments (274 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 45% of the county count. County / state rollup.
5.26 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (6 stations / 114 roster).
Photo-finish peer: North Providence Fire Department, RI (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 114 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.