Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Covelo Fire Protection District

Covelo, CA · Mendocino County. Covelo Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 29 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.

29
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Covelo Fire Protection District pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount below the California average.

Top 49%
national personnel size
-22%
vs. California average
1
station

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.

B
PlainFireData Composite Score
64/100
Covelo 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 B
29 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
29 personnel · 1 station

Covelo Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department serving Covelo, CA (Mendocino County), with 1 station and 29 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #10,996 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #10,996 of 22,440
  • CA personnel rank #377 of 721
  • 3.45 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 25 other listed departments in Mendocino County

Covelo Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution

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

29 Top 49% higher than 51% 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 23020 · Covelo Fire Protection District, CA 29 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 29
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-MID #10,996
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ West Hancock Volu…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: West Hancock Volunteer Fire Department, MS (+ 0 personnel)

Volunteer 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
MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
Location
Covelo, CA
FDID
23020

Staffing vs the California average

How Covelo Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #377 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #10,996 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 22% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
346
CA departments
1,309

County roster fringe

Covelo Fire Protection District is 5.0% of Mendocino County roster mass

The county lists 32 departments totaling 585 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 91% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

3.45 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 29 roster).

Photo-finish peer: West Hancock Volunteer Fire Department, MS (+0 personnel).

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

Nationwide volunteer peers near 29 personnel

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