Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderMeeks Bay Fire Protection District
Meeks Bay, CA · El Dorado County. Meeks Bay Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 32 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.
- 32
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Meeks Bay Fire Protection District pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the California average.
- Top 41%
- national personnel size
- -14%
- vs. California average
- 2
- 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.
Meeks Bay Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department serving Meeks Bay, CA (El Dorado County), with 2 stations and 32 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #9,196 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #9,196 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #348 of 721
- 6.25 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 22 other listed departments in El Dorado County
Meeks Bay Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
32 Top 41% higher than 59% 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 09025 · Meeks Bay Fire Protection District, CA 32 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 32
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #9,196
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Cantonment Volunt…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Cantonment Volunteer Fire Department, FL (+ 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.
- Meeks Bay Fire Pr… (this dept) 32
- High Lake Toxaway Fire…, NC 32
- Near Cantonment Volunt…, FL 32
- Near Mustang, OK 32
- Near Hopkins Rural Fir…, NC 32
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Meeks Bay, CA
- County
- El Dorado County
- FDID
- 09025
Staffing vs the California average
How Meeks Bay Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #348 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #9,196 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 346
- CA departments
- 1,309
County roster fringe
Meeks Bay Fire Protection District is 4.3% of El Dorado County roster mass
The county lists 27 departments totaling 744 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 96% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
6.25 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 32 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Cantonment Volunteer Fire Department, FL (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 32 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.