Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderMenlo Park Fire Protection District
Menlo Park, CA · San Mateo County. Menlo Park Fire Protection District is a Career (Paid) department, 7 stations and 103 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.
- 103
- Total personnel
- 7
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Menlo Park Fire Protection District pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the California average.
- Top 4%
- national personnel size
- +178%
- vs. California average
- 7
- 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.
Menlo Park Fire Protection District is a Career (Paid) department serving Menlo Park, CA (San Mateo County), with 7 stations and 103 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #882 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #882 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #67 of 721
- 6.80 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 22 other listed departments in San Mateo County
Menlo Park Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
103 Top 4% higher than 96% 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 41050 · Menlo Park Fire Protection District, CA 103 personnel · 7 stations
PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 103
- STA-MULTI 7 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #882
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Williamsburg Coun…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Williamsburg County Fire Department, SC (+ 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.
- Menlo Park Fire P… (this dept) 103
- High Parma, OH 103
- Near Williamsburg Coun…, SC 103
- Near Franklin Township, IN 103
- Near Fairfax County Fi…, VA 103
Department Profile
- Type
- PAID
- Location
- Menlo Park, CA
- County
- San Mateo County
- FDID
- 41050
Staffing vs the California average
How Menlo Park Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #67 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #882 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 7
- State fire deaths/yr
- 346
- CA departments
- 1,309
County roster geometry
San Mateo County HIFLD mix around Menlo Park Fire Protection District
San Mateo County: 29 departments, 826 personnel (3 volunteer / 14 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 93% of departments. County / state rollup.
6.80 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (7 stations / 103 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Williamsburg County Fire Department, SC (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 103 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.