Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

City of Long Beach Fire Department

Long Beach, CA · Los Angeles County. City of Long Beach Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 23 stations and 521 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.

521
Total personnel
23
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

City of Long Beach Fire Department pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the California average.

Top 1%
national personnel size
+1308%
vs. California average
23
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
47/100
City of Long Beach Fire Department

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
22.7 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
521 personnel · 23 stations

City of Long Beach Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Long Beach, CA (Los Angeles County), with 23 stations and 521 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #52 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #52 of 22,440
  • CA personnel rank #10 of 721
  • 4.41 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 45 other listed departments in Los Angeles County

City of Long Beach Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

521 Top 1% higher than 99%+ 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 19100 · City of Long Beach Fire Department, CA 521 personnel · 23 stations

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

  • PERS-LARGE 521
  • STA-SYSTEM 23 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #52
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Columbia
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Columbia Fire Department, SC ( -1 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
Long Beach, CA
FDID
19100

FEMA Grant History

$0
Cumulative funding (FY2018)
1
Awards
Year Award Amount
2018 EMW-2018-FH-00449 $-0.2

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the California average

How City of Long Beach Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #10 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #52 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 1308% above the state average
Stations
23
State fire deaths/yr
346
CA departments
1,309

County roster fringe

City of Long Beach Fire Department is 7.1% of Los Angeles County roster mass

The county lists 71 departments totaling 7,350 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 94% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

4.41 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (23 stations / 521 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Columbia Fire Department, SC (-1 personnel).

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Nationwide career peers near 521 personnel

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

Columbia Fire Department, SC 520 Chesterfield Fire and Emergency Medical Services, VA 533 Cy-Fair Volunteer Fire Department, TX 508 Toledo Fire and Rescue Department, OH 508 Virginia Beach Fire Department, VA 503 Norfolk Fire - Rescue, VA 498 Raleigh Fire Department, NC 549 Colorado Springs Fire Department Complex, CO 490

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does City of Long Beach Fire Department have?

City of Long Beach Fire Department has 521 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 1308% above the California average of 37 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #52 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within CA, it ranks #10 of 721 by personnel.

Does City of Long Beach Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, City of Long Beach Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does City of Long Beach Fire Department operate?

City of Long Beach Fire Department operates 23 fire stations.

What type of fire department is City of Long Beach Fire Department?

City of Long Beach Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Los Angeles County, CA. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

Has City of Long Beach Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, City of Long Beach Fire Department has received 1 FEMA grant totaling $-0.2 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2018 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2018.

How many fire departments are in California?

California has 1,309 fire departments with 48,526 total personnel. 40% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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