Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderHoneydew Volunteer Fire Company
Petrolia, CA · Humboldt County. Honeydew Volunteer Fire Company is a Volunteer department, 4 stations and 27 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.
- 27
- Total personnel
- 4
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Honeydew Volunteer Fire Company pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the California average.
- 46th pct.
- national personnel size
- -27%
- vs. California average
- 4
- 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.
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.
Honeydew Volunteer Fire Company is a Volunteer department serving Petrolia, CA (Humboldt County), with 4 stations and 27 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #12,091 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #12,091 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #415 of 721
- 14.81 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 46 other listed departments in Humboldt County
Honeydew Volunteer Fire Company vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
27 Top 54% higher than 46% 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 12047 · Honeydew Volunteer Fire Company, CA 27 personnel · 4 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 27
- STA-FEW 4 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #12,091
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Arizona City Volu…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Arizona City Volunteer Fire District, AZ (+ 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.
- Honeydew Voluntee… (this dept) 27
- High New Raymer Stoneh…, CO 27
- Near Arizona City Volu…, AZ 27
- Near Soldiers Grove, WI 27
- Near Middlesex Volunte…, VA 27
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Petrolia, CA
- County
- Humboldt County
- FDID
- 12047
Staffing vs the California average
How Honeydew Volunteer Fire Company's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #415 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #12,091 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 4
- State fire deaths/yr
- 346
- CA departments
- 1,309
County roster fringe
Honeydew Volunteer Fire Company is 4.7% of Humboldt County roster mass
The county lists 51 departments totaling 570 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 76% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
14.81 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 27 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Arizona City Volunteer Fire District, AZ (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 27 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.