Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderMerced City Fire Department
Merced, CA · Merced County. Merced City Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 4 stations and 53 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.
- 53
- Total personnel
- 4
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Merced City Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount above the California average.
- Top 15%
- national personnel size
- +43%
- vs. California average
- 4
- 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.
Merced City Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Merced, CA (Merced County), with 4 stations and 53 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,479 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #3,479 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #179 of 721
- 7.55 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 6 other listed departments in Merced County
Merced City Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
53 Top 15% higher than 85% 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 24030 · Merced City Fire Department, CA 53 personnel · 4 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 53
- STA-FEW 4 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #3,479
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Wade Hampton
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Wade Hampton 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.
- Merced City (this dept) 53
- High Fairfield Hose Co…, PA 53
- Near Wade Hampton, SC 53
- Near Clinton, MS 53
- Near Worthington Divis…, OH 53
Department Profile
- Type
- PAID
- Location
- Merced, CA
- County
- Merced County
- FDID
- 24030
Staffing vs the California average
How Merced City Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #179 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,479 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 4
- State fire deaths/yr
- 346
- CA departments
- 1,309
County roster weight
Merced City Fire Department carries 29.8% of Merced County HIFLD personnel
Among 10 listed departments (178 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 40% of the county count. County / state rollup.
7.55 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 53 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Wade Hampton Fire Department, SC (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 53 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.