Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderFairfield Fire Department
Fairfield, CA · Solano County. Fairfield Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 5 stations and 99 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.
- 99
- Total personnel
- 5
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Fairfield Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the California average.
- Top 4%
- national personnel size
- +168%
- vs. California average
- 5
- stations
- $5,123,228
- 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.
Fairfield Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Fairfield, CA (Solano County), with 5 stations and 99 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #970 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $5,123,228.
- National personnel rank #970 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #72 of 721
- 5.05 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 12 other listed departments in Solano County
Fairfield Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
99 Top 4% higher than 96% 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 48025 · Fairfield Fire Department, CA 99 personnel · 5 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-HEAVY · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 99
- STA-FEW 5 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #970
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Oklahoma Departme…
- FEMA-HEAVY $5.1M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Oklahoma Department of Agriculture- Forestry Services, OK (+ 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.
- Fairfield (this dept) 99
- High Springwater Volun…, NY 99
- Near Oklahoma Departme…, OK 99
- Near City of Waukesha, WI 99
- Near North Greece, NY 99
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY PAID
- Location
- Fairfield, CA
- County
- Solano County
- FDID
- 48025
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | EMW-2020-FF-00816 | $3,350,290 |
| 2017 | EMW2015FH00328 | $1,237,772 |
| 2017 | EMW-2017-FO-04649 | $328,370 |
| 2017 | EMW-2017-FR-00254 | $206,796 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the California average
How Fairfield Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #72 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #970 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 5
- State fire deaths/yr
- 346
- CA departments
- 1,309
County roster geometry
Solano County HIFLD mix around Fairfield Fire Department
Solano County: 21 departments, 766 personnel (7 volunteer / 7 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 90% of departments. County / state rollup.
5.05 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (5 stations / 99 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Oklahoma Department of Agriculture- Forestry Services, OK (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 99 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.