Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderGrover Beach Fire Department
Grover Beach, CA · San Luis Obispo County. Grover Beach Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 34 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.
- 34
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Grover Beach Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the California average.
- Top 37%
- national personnel size
- -8%
- 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.
Grover Beach Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Grover Beach, CA (San Luis Obispo County), with 1 station and 34 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8,362 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #8,362 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #327 of 721
- 2.94 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 18 other listed departments in San Luis Obispo County
Grover Beach Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
34 Top 37% higher than 63% 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 40030 · Grover Beach Fire Department, CA 34 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 34
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #8,362
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Marydell Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Marydell Volunteer Fire Department, MS (+ 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.
- Grover Beach (this dept) 34
- High South Milwaukee, WI 34
- Near Marydell Volunteer, MS 34
- Near Spring Creek Volu…, LA 34
- Near Madison / Jeffers…, OH 34
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY PAID
- Location
- Grover Beach, CA
- County
- San Luis Obispo County
- FDID
- 40030
Staffing vs the California average
How Grover Beach Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #327 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8,362 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
Grover Beach Fire Department is 7.6% of San Luis Obispo County roster mass
The county lists 22 departments totaling 450 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 77% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
2.94 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 34 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Marydell Volunteer Fire Department, MS (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 34 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.