Department profile
VolunteerFairview Valley Fire Department
Apple Valley, CA · San Bernardino County. Fairview Valley Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 60 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 60
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Fairview Valley Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the California average.
- Top 12%
- national personnel size
- +62%
- 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.
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.
Fairview Valley Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Apple Valley, CA (San Bernardino County), with 1 station and 60 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,598 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,598 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #148 of 721
- 1.67 stations per 100 personnel
- 44 other listed departments in San Bernardino County
Fairview Valley Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
60 Top 12% higher than 88% 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 36017 · Fairview Valley Fire Department, CA 60 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-MID 60
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-UPPER #2,598
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Campbell Hall Fir…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Campbell Hall Fire Department / Otterkill Engine Company, NY (+ 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.
- Fairview Valley (this dept) 60
- High Liberty Fire Comp…, PA 60
- Near Campbell Hall Fir…, NY 60
- Near New Windsor Fire…, NY 60
- Near Pine Bush Hook an…, NY 60
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Apple Valley, CA
- County
- San Bernardino County
- FDID
- 36017
Staffing vs the California average
How Fairview Valley Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #148 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,598 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 346
- CA departments
- 1,309
County roster fringe
Fairview Valley Fire Department is 3.2% of San Bernardino County roster mass
The county lists 60 departments totaling 1,856 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 87% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
1.67 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 60 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Campbell Hall Fire Department / Otterkill Engine Company, NY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 60 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.