Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderMilpitas Fire Department
Milpitas, CA · Santa Clara County. Milpitas Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 4 stations and 81 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.
- 81
- Total personnel
- 4
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Milpitas Fire Department pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the California average.
- Top 6%
- national personnel size
- +119%
- vs. California average
- 4
- stations
- $4,936,221
- FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record
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.
Milpitas Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Milpitas, CA (Santa Clara County), with 4 stations and 81 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,430 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $4,936,221.
- National personnel rank #1,430 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #98 of 721
- 4.94 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 21 other listed departments in Santa Clara County
Milpitas Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
81 Top 6% higher than 94% 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 43030 · Milpitas Fire Department, CA 81 personnel · 4 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 81
- STA-FEW 4 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #1,430
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Grafton Volunteer…
- FEMA-MID $4.9M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Grafton Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated, WI (+ 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.
- Milpitas (this dept) 81
- High Community Fire Co…, PA 81
- Near Grafton Volunteer…, WI 81
- Near Round Lake Volunt…, NY 81
- Near Springfield Towns…, OH 81
Department Profile
- Type
- PAID
- Location
- Milpitas, CA
- County
- Santa Clara County
- FDID
- 43030
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | EMW-2018-FH-00502 | $2,208,620.23 |
| 2017 | EMW-2017-FH-00376 | $1,359,215.6 |
| 2013 | EMW2012FH00712 | $-1,833,738 |
| 2012 | EMW-2012-FH-0071 | $2,723,718 |
| 2012 | EMW-2012-FO-0692 | $478,405 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the California average
How Milpitas Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #98 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,430 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 fringe
Milpitas Fire Department is 3.7% of Santa Clara County roster mass
The county lists 27 departments totaling 2,203 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 89% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
4.94 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 81 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Grafton Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated, WI (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 81 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.