Department profile
VolunteerDouglas City Fire Department
Douglas City, CA · Trinity County. Douglas City Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 17 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 17
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Douglas City Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well below the California average.
- 15th pct.
- national personnel size
- -54%
- vs. California average
- 2
- 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.
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.
Douglas City Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Douglas City, CA (Trinity County), with 2 stations and 17 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #19,092 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #19,092 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #577 of 721
- 11.76 stations per 100 personnel
- 12 other listed departments in Trinity County
Douglas City Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
17 Top 85% higher than 15% 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 53001 · Douglas City Fire Department, CA 17 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 17
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #19,092
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Pilger Volunteer…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Pilger Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad, NE (+ 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.
- Douglas City (this dept) 17
- High Rhea Hollene Volu…, TX 17
- Near Pilger Volunteer…, NE 17
- Near Onslow Fire Depar…, IA 17
- Near Columbia Township…, OH 17
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Douglas City, CA
- County
- Trinity County
- FDID
- 53001
Staffing vs the California average
How Douglas City Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #577 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #19,092 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 geometry
Trinity County HIFLD mix around Douglas City Fire Department
Trinity County: 14 departments, 168 personnel (12 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 21% of departments. County / state rollup.
11.76 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 17 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Pilger Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad, NE (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 17 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.