Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderDixon Fire Department
Dixon, CA · Solano County. Dixon Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations and 56 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.
- 56
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Dixon Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the California average.
- Top 13%
- national personnel size
- +51%
- vs. California average
- 2
- stations
- $990,146
- 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.
Dixon Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Dixon, CA (Solano County), with 2 stations and 56 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,981 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $990,146.
- National personnel rank #2,981 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #165 of 721
- 3.57 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 12 other listed departments in Solano County
Dixon Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
56 Top 13% higher than 87% 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 48015 · Dixon Fire Department, CA 56 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 56
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #2,981
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Marengo
- FEMA-MID $990K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Marengo Fire Department, IA (+ 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.
- Dixon (this dept) 56
- High Lisbon Volunteer, NY 56
- Near Marengo, IA 56
- Near Harmonville Fire…, PA 56
- Near Fairmount Fire Co…, PA 56
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY PAID
- Location
- Dixon, CA
- County
- Solano County
- FDID
- 48015
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | EMW2012FH00606 | $752,046 |
| 2013 | EMW2012FF00412 | $60,239 |
| 2012 | EMW2011FO08736 | $177,861 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the California average
How Dixon Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #165 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,981 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 346
- CA departments
- 1,309
County roster fringe
Dixon Fire Department is 7.3% of Solano County roster mass
The county lists 21 departments totaling 766 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 90% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
3.57 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 56 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Marengo Fire Department, IA (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 56 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.