Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderMadera County Fire Department
Madera, CA · Madera County. Madera County Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 21 stations and 241 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.
- 241
- Total personnel
- 21
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Madera County Fire Department pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the California average.
- Top 1%
- national personnel size
- +551%
- vs. California average
- 21
- 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.
Madera County Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Madera, CA (Madera County), with 21 stations and 241 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #165 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #165 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #23 of 721
- 8.71 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 3 other listed departments in Madera County
Madera County Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
241 Top 1% higher than 99% 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 20015 · Madera County Fire Department, CA 241 personnel · 21 stations
PERS-LARGE · STA-SYSTEM · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-LARGE 241
- STA-SYSTEM 21 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #165
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Clarendon County
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Clarendon County Fire Department, SC (+ 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.
- Madera County (this dept) 241
- High Stamford Fire and…, CT 241
- Near Clarendon County, SC 241
- Low Hicksville, NY 240
- Near City of Flint, MI 240
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Madera, CA
- County
- Madera County
- FDID
- 20015
Staffing vs the California average
How Madera County Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #23 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #165 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 21
- State fire deaths/yr
- 346
- CA departments
- 1,309
County roster weight
Madera County Fire Department carries 86.7% of Madera County HIFLD personnel
Among 5 listed departments (278 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 40% of the county count. County / state rollup.
8.71 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (21 stations / 241 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Clarendon County Fire Department, SC (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 241 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.