Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Lee Vining Volunteer Fire Department

Lee Vining, CA · Mono County. Lee Vining Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 17 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.

17
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Lee Vining Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well below the California average.

15th pct.
national personnel size
-54%
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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
28/100
Lee Vining Volunteer 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 D
17 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
17 personnel · 1 station

Lee Vining Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Lee Vining, CA (Mono County), with 1 station and 17 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #19,179 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #19,179 of 22,440
  • CA personnel rank #580 of 721
  • 5.88 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 12 other listed departments in Mono County

Lee Vining Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

17 Top 85% higher than 15% 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 26025 · Lee Vining Volunteer Fire Department, CA 17 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 17
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #19,179
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Amber Volunteer
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Amber Volunteer Fire Department, OK (+ 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
VOLUNTEER
Location
Lee Vining, CA
FDID
26025

Staffing vs the California average

How Lee Vining Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #580 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #19,179 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 54% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
346
CA departments
1,309

County roster fringe

Lee Vining Volunteer Fire Department is 5.7% of Mono County roster mass

The county lists 14 departments totaling 298 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 93% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

5.88 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 17 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Amber Volunteer Fire Department, OK (+0 personnel).

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

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 17 personnel

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