Department profile
VolunteerFelton Fire Protection District
Felton, CA · Santa Cruz County. Felton Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 33 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 33
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Felton Fire Protection District pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the California average.
- Top 39%
- national personnel size
- -11%
- 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.
Felton Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department serving Felton, CA (Santa Cruz County), with 1 station and 33 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8,674 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #8,674 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #333 of 721
- 3.03 stations per 100 personnel
- 14 other listed departments in Santa Cruz County
Felton Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
33 Top 39% higher than 61% 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 44035 · Felton Fire Protection District, CA 33 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 33
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #8,674
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Vandenbroek-Kauka…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Vandenbroek-Kaukauna Fire and Rescue, WI (+ 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.
- Felton Fire Prote… (this dept) 33
- High Fort Walton Beach, FL 33
- Near Vandenbroek-Kauka…, WI 33
- Near Flora, MS 33
- Near Fairview Rural Vo…, AR 33
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Felton, CA
- County
- Santa Cruz County
- FDID
- 44035
Staffing vs the California average
How Felton Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #333 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8,674 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
Felton Fire Protection District is 5.6% of Santa Cruz County roster mass
The county lists 22 departments totaling 587 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 23% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
3.03 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 33 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Vandenbroek-Kaukauna Fire and Rescue, WI (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 33 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.