Department profile
Career (Paid)City of Seaside Fire Department
Seaside, CA · Monterey County. City of Seaside Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 35 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 35
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
City of Seaside Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the California average.
- Top 34%
- national personnel size
- -5%
- vs. California average
- 1
- station
- $828,781
- FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record
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.
City of Seaside Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Seaside, CA (Monterey County), with 1 station and 35 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #7,675 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $828,781.
- National personnel rank #7,675 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #314 of 721
- 2.86 stations per 100 personnel
- 29 other listed departments in Monterey County
City of Seaside Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
35 Top 34% higher than 66% 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 27080 · City of Seaside Fire Department, CA 35 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-UNK · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 35
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-UPPER #7,675
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Taylor Volunteer
- FEMA-MID $829K
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Taylor Volunteer Fire Department, WI (+ 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.
- City of Seaside (this dept) 35
- High Fillmore, UT 35
- Near Taylor Volunteer, WI 35
- Near Berwind Volunteer, WV 35
- Near Lake Arthur Volun…, LA 35
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Seaside, CA
- County
- Monterey County
- FDID
- 27080
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | EMW-2018-FF-00318 | $37,847.27 |
| 2017 | EMW2016FR00428 | $853,694 |
| 2015 | EMW2014FH00802 | $754,260 |
| 2008 | EMW-2008-FF-0049 | $-817,020 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the California average
How City of Seaside Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #314 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,675 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
City of Seaside Fire Department is 3.9% of Monterey County roster mass
The county lists 35 departments totaling 901 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 80% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
2.86 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 35 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Taylor Volunteer Fire Department, WI (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 35 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.