Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Chino Valley Independent Fire Protection District

Chino, CA · San Bernardino County. Chino Valley Independent Fire Protection District is a Career (Paid) department, 6 stations and 132 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.

132
Total personnel
6
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Chino Valley Independent Fire Protection District pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the California average.

Top 2%
national personnel size
+257%
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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
45/100
Chino Valley Independent Fire Protection District

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 C
22 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
132 personnel · 6 stations

Chino Valley Independent Fire Protection District is a Career (Paid) department serving Chino, CA (San Bernardino County), with 6 stations and 132 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #541 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #541 of 22,440
  • CA personnel rank #47 of 721
  • 4.55 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 44 other listed departments in San Bernardino County

Chino Valley Independent Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution

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

132 Top 2% higher than 98% 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 36058 · Chino Valley Independent Fire Protection District, CA 132 personnel · 6 stations

PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MID 132
  • STA-MULTI 6 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #541
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Naples Volunteer…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Naples Volunteer Fire Department / Maxfield Hose Company, NY (+ 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
PAID
Location
Chino, CA
FDID
36058

Staffing vs the California average

How Chino Valley Independent Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #47 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #541 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 257% above the state average
Stations
6
State fire deaths/yr
346
CA departments
1,309

County roster fringe

Chino Valley Independent Fire Protection District is 7.1% of San Bernardino County roster mass

The county lists 60 departments totaling 1,856 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 87% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

4.55 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (6 stations / 132 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Naples Volunteer Fire Department / Maxfield Hose Company, NY (+0 personnel).

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

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Nationwide career peers near 132 personnel

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