Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderIrish Beach Water District Volunteer Fire Department
Manchester, CA · Mendocino County. Irish Beach Water District Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 10 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.
- 10
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Irish Beach Water District Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well below the California average.
- 2nd pct.
- national personnel size
- -73%
- 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.
Irish Beach Water District Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Manchester, CA (Mendocino County), with 1 station and 10 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #21,940 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #21,940 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #686 of 721
- 10.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 25 other listed departments in Mendocino County
Irish Beach Water District Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
10 Top 98% higher than 2% 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 23915 · Irish Beach Water District Volunteer Fire Department, CA 10 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MICRO 10
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #21,940
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Arco
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Arco Fire Department, ID (+ 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.
- Irish Beach Water… (this dept) 10
- High West Magic Fire D…, ID 10
- Near Arco, ID 10
- Near Dawson, IA 10
- Near Sturkie Volunteer, AR 10
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Manchester, CA
- County
- Mendocino County
- FDID
- 23915
Staffing vs the California average
How Irish Beach Water District Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #686 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #21,940 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
Irish Beach Water District Volunteer Fire Department is 1.7% of Mendocino County roster mass
The county lists 32 departments totaling 585 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 91% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
10.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 10 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Arco Fire Department, ID (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 10 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.