Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderCosta Mesa Fire Department
Costa Mesa, CA · Orange County. Costa Mesa Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 6 stations and 111 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.
- 111
- Total personnel
- 6
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Costa Mesa Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the California average.
- Top 3%
- national personnel size
- +200%
- vs. California average
- 6
- stations
- $929,657
- 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.
Costa Mesa Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Costa Mesa, CA (Orange County), with 6 stations and 111 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #776 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $929,657.
- National personnel rank #776 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #62 of 721
- 5.41 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 16 other listed departments in Orange County
Costa Mesa Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
111 Top 3% higher than 97% 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 30020 · Costa Mesa Fire Department, CA 111 personnel · 6 stations
PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 111
- STA-MULTI 6 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #776
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ West Webster
- FEMA-MID $930K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: West Webster Fire Department, 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.
- Costa Mesa (this dept) 111
- High Margate, FL 111
- Near West Webster, NY 111
- Near Rothsville Volunt…, PA 111
- Near Mill Creek Fire C…, DE 111
Department Profile
- Type
- PAID
- Location
- Costa Mesa, CA
- County
- Orange County
- FDID
- 30020
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | EMW-2020-FG-15200 | $664,194 |
| 2010 | EMW-2010-FO-0514 | $265,463 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the California average
How Costa Mesa Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #62 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #776 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 fringe
Costa Mesa Fire Department is 3.7% of Orange County roster mass
The county lists 27 departments totaling 2,970 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 81% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
5.41 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (6 stations / 111 roster).
Photo-finish peer: West Webster Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 111 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.