Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Nicasio Volunteer Fire Protection District

Nicasio, CA · Marin County. Nicasio Volunteer Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department, 1 station 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
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Nicasio Volunteer Fire Protection District pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well below the California average.

17th pct.
national personnel size
-51%
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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
32/100
Nicasio Volunteer Fire Protection District

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.

Staffing capacity D
18 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
18 personnel · 1 station

Nicasio Volunteer Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department serving Nicasio, CA (Marin County), with 1 station and 18 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #18,720 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #18,720 of 22,440
  • CA personnel rank #568 of 721
  • 5.56 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 21 other listed departments in Marin County

Nicasio Volunteer Fire Protection District 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 21086 · Nicasio Volunteer Fire Protection District, CA 18 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 18
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #18,720
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Kenwood Fire Asso…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Kenwood Fire Association, OK (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Nicasio, CA
FDID
21086

Staffing vs the California average

How Nicasio Volunteer Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #568 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #18,720 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 51% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
346
CA departments
1,309

County roster fringe

Nicasio Volunteer Fire Protection District is 2.5% of Marin County roster mass

The county lists 28 departments totaling 719 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 100% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

5.56 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 18 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Kenwood Fire Association, OK (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nearby Departments

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 18 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.