Department profile

Volunteer

Groveland Community Services District Fire Department

Groveland, CA · Tuolumne County. Groveland Community Services District Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 19 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

19
Total personnel
3
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Groveland Community Services District Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the California average.

20th pct.
national personnel size
-49%
vs. California average
3
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.

F
PlainFireData Composite Score
5/100
Groveland Community Services District Fire Department

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.

Staffing capacity F
6.3 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
19 personnel · 3 stations

Groveland Community Services District Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Groveland, CA (Tuolumne County), with 3 stations and 19 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #18,001 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #18,001 of 22,440
  • CA personnel rank #549 of 721
  • 15.79 stations per 100 personnel
  • 10 other listed departments in Tuolumne County

Groveland Community Services District Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

19 Top 80% higher than 20% 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 55045 · Groveland Community Services District Fire Department, CA 19 personnel · 3 stations

PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 19
  • STA-FEW 3 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-LOWER #18,001
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Amalia Ventero Vo…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Amalia Ventero Volunteer Fire Department, NM (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
Location
Groveland, CA
FDID
55045

Staffing vs the California average

How Groveland Community Services District Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #549 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #18,001 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 49% below the state average
Stations
3
State fire deaths/yr
346
CA departments
1,309

County roster fringe

Groveland Community Services District Fire Department is 7.4% of Tuolumne County roster mass

The county lists 14 departments totaling 256 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 14% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

15.79 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 19 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Amalia Ventero Volunteer Fire Department, NM (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nationwide volunteer peers near 19 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.