Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderMorro Bay Fire Department
Morro Bay, CA · San Luis Obispo County. Morro Bay Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations and 33 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.
- 33
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Morro Bay Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the California average.
- Top 39%
- national personnel size
- -11%
- vs. California average
- 2
- stations
- $1,602,940
- 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.
Morro Bay Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Morro Bay, CA (San Luis Obispo County), with 2 stations and 33 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8,792 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $1,602,940.
- National personnel rank #8,792 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #337 of 721
- 6.06 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 18 other listed departments in San Luis Obispo County
Morro Bay Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
33 Top 39% higher than 61% 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 40040 · Morro Bay Fire Department, CA 33 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 33
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #8,792
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Volunteer Fire De…
- FEMA-MID $1.6M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Volunteer Fire Department of Luzerne, PA (+ 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.
- Morro Bay (this dept) 33
- High Greenawalds Fire…, PA 33
- Near Volunteer Fire De…, PA 33
- Near Buffalo Volunteer, WV 33
- Near Lexington, TN 33
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY PAID
- Location
- Morro Bay, CA
- County
- San Luis Obispo County
- FDID
- 40040
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | EMW-2009-FC-0037 | $1,602,940 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the California average
How Morro Bay Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #337 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8,792 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 346
- CA departments
- 1,309
County roster fringe
Morro Bay Fire Department is 7.3% of San Luis Obispo County roster mass
The county lists 22 departments totaling 450 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 77% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
6.06 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 33 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Volunteer Fire Department of Luzerne, PA (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 33 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.