Department profile
Career (Paid)Mendocino National Forest Fire Service - United States Department of Agriculture
Willows, CA · Glenn County. Mendocino National Forest Fire Service - United States Department of Agriculture is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 160 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 160
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Mendocino National Forest Fire Service - United States Department of Agriculture pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the California average.
- Top 2%
- national personnel size
- +332%
- 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.
Mendocino National Forest Fire Service - United States Department of Agriculture is a Career (Paid) department serving Willows, CA (Glenn County), with 1 station and 160 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #362 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #362 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #35 of 721
- 0.63 stations per 100 personnel
- 11 other listed departments in Glenn County
Mendocino National Forest Fire Service - United States Department of Agriculture vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
160 Top 2% higher than 98% 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 11565 · Mendocino National Forest Fire Service - United States Department of Agriculture, CA 160 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-UNK · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-MID 160
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-TOP #362
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Cincinnatus
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Cincinnatus Fire Department, NY (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid 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.
- Mendocino Nationa… (this dept) 160
- High East Rockaway Fir…, NY 160
- Near Cincinnatus, NY 160
- Near Vineland, NJ 160
- Near Longview Fire and…, TX 160
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Willows, CA
- County
- Glenn County
- FDID
- 11565
Staffing vs the California average
How Mendocino National Forest Fire Service - United States Department of Agriculture's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #35 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #362 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 weight
Mendocino National Forest Fire Service - United States Department of Agriculture carries 60.6% of Glenn County HIFLD personnel
Among 12 listed departments (264 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 83% of the county count. County / state rollup.
0.63 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 160 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Cincinnatus Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 160 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.