Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderNational Aeronautics and Space Administration / Ames Fire Department-Dod
Mountain View, CA · Santa Clara County. National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Ames Fire Department-Dod is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 41 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.
- 41
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Ames Fire Department-Dod pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the California average.
- Top 26%
- national personnel size
- +11%
- vs. California average
- 1
- station
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.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Ames Fire Department-Dod is a Career (Paid) department serving Mountain View, CA (Santa Clara County), with 1 station and 41 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #5,748 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #5,748 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #263 of 721
- 2.44 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 21 other listed departments in Santa Clara County
National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Ames Fire Department-Dod vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
41 Top 26% higher than 74% 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 43810 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Ames Fire Department-Dod, CA 41 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 41
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #5,748
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Center Township
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Center Township Fire Department, 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.
- National Aeronaut… (this dept) 41
- High Plymouth Fire Res…, NH 41
- Near Center Township, WI 41
- Near Leitchfield, KY 41
- Near Water Valley Volu…, KY 41
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Mountain View, CA
- County
- Santa Clara County
- FDID
- 43810
Staffing vs the California average
How National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Ames Fire Department-Dod's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #263 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #5,748 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 346
- CA departments
- 1,309
County roster fringe
National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Ames Fire Department-Dod is 1.9% 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.
2.44 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 41 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Center Township Fire Department, WI (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 41 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.