Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderNewberry Springs Volunteer Fire Department
Newberry Springs, CA · San Bernardino County. Newberry Springs Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 18 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.
- 18
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Newberry Springs Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well below the California average.
- 17th pct.
- national personnel size
- -51%
- vs. California average
- 3
- 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.
Newberry Springs Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Newberry Springs, CA (San Bernardino County), with 3 stations and 18 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #18,718 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #18,718 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #567 of 721
- 16.67 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 44 other listed departments in San Bernardino County
Newberry Springs Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
18 Top 83% higher than 17% 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 36165 · Newberry Springs Volunteer Fire Department, CA 18 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 18
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #18,718
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Northome Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Northome Volunteer Fire Department, MN (+ 0 personnel)
Volunteer 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.
- Newberry Springs… (this dept) 18
- High Southwest Lamar V…, MS 18
- Near Northome Volunteer, MN 18
- Near Cow Creek Volunte…, KY 18
- Near Lewisville Volunt…, AR 18
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Newberry Springs, CA
- County
- San Bernardino County
- FDID
- 36165
Staffing vs the California average
How Newberry Springs Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #567 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #18,718 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 346
- CA departments
- 1,309
County roster fringe
Newberry Springs Volunteer Fire Department is 1.0% of San Bernardino County roster mass
The county lists 60 departments totaling 1,856 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 87% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
16.67 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 18 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Northome Volunteer Fire Department, MN (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 18 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.