Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Crescent Fire Protection District - Washington Station

Crescent City, CA · Del Norte County. Crescent Fire Protection District - Washington Station is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 30 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.

30
Total personnel
3
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

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

Top 45%
national personnel size
-19%
vs. California average
3
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.

F
PlainFireData Composite Score
8/100
Crescent Fire Protection District - Washington Station

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 F
10 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
30 personnel · 3 stations

Crescent Fire Protection District - Washington Station is a Volunteer department serving Crescent City, CA (Del Norte County), with 3 stations and 30 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #10,036 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #10,036 of 22,440
  • CA personnel rank #365 of 721
  • 10.00 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 8 other listed departments in Del Norte County

Crescent Fire Protection District - Washington Station vs. the national personnel distribution

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

30 Top 45% higher than 55% 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 08010 · Crescent Fire Protection District - Washington Station, CA 30 personnel · 3 stations

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

  • PERS-SMALL 30
  • STA-FEW 3 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-MID #10,036
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Grassy Knob Volun…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Grassy Knob Volunteer Fire Department, AR (+ 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
VOLUNTEER
Location
Crescent City, CA
FDID
08010

Staffing vs the California average

How Crescent Fire Protection District - Washington Station's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #365 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #10,036 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 19% below the state average
Stations
3
State fire deaths/yr
346
CA departments
1,309

County roster weight

Crescent Fire Protection District - Washington Station carries 26.3% of Del Norte County HIFLD personnel

Among 10 listed departments (114 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 70% of the county count. County / state rollup.

10.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 30 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Grassy Knob Volunteer Fire Department, AR (+0 personnel).

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

Nationwide volunteer peers near 30 personnel

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