Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderMendocino Volunteer Fire Department
Mendocino, CA · Mendocino County. Mendocino Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 50 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.
- 50
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Mendocino Volunteer Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount above the California average.
- Top 18%
- national personnel size
- +35%
- vs. California average
- 3
- 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.
Mendocino Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Mendocino, CA (Mendocino County), with 3 stations and 50 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,963 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #3,963 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #199 of 721
- 6.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 25 other listed departments in Mendocino County
Mendocino Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
50 Top 18% higher than 82% 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 23050 · Mendocino Volunteer Fire Department, CA 50 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 50
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #3,963
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Chester Township…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Chester Township Fire Company, PA (+ 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.
- Mendocino Volunte… (this dept) 50
- High Oakmont Fire Comp…, PA 50
- Near Chester Township…, PA 50
- Near Parkside Fire Com…, PA 50
- Near Three Mile Bay Fi…, NY 50
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Mendocino, CA
- County
- Mendocino County
- FDID
- 23050
Staffing vs the California average
How Mendocino Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #199 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,963 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 346
- CA departments
- 1,309
County roster fringe
Mendocino Volunteer Fire Department is 8.5% 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.
6.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 50 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Chester Township Fire Company, PA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 50 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.