Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderNovato Fire Protection District
Novato, CA · Marin County. Novato Fire Protection District is a Career (Paid) department, 5 stations and 92 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.
- 92
- Total personnel
- 5
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Novato Fire Protection District pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the California average.
- Top 5%
- national personnel size
- +149%
- vs. California average
- 5
- 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.
Novato Fire Protection District is a Career (Paid) department serving Novato, CA (Marin County), with 5 stations and 92 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,115 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #1,115 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #79 of 721
- 5.43 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 21 other listed departments in Marin County
Novato Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
92 Top 5% higher than 95% 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 21055 · Novato Fire Protection District, CA 92 personnel · 5 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 92
- STA-FEW 5 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #1,115
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Seminole County
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Seminole County Fire Department, FL (+ 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.
- Novato Fire Prote… (this dept) 92
- High Mad River Townshi…, OH 92
- Near Seminole County, FL 92
- Near Canastota, NY 92
- Near Saint Paul Boulev…, NY 92
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Novato, CA
- County
- Marin County
- Ambulances
- 4
- FDID
- 21055
Staffing vs the California average
How Novato Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #79 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,115 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 5
- State fire deaths/yr
- 346
- CA departments
- 1,309
County roster geometry
Marin County HIFLD mix around Novato Fire Protection District
Marin County: 28 departments, 719 personnel (6 volunteer / 12 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 100% of departments. County / state rollup.
5.43 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (5 stations / 92 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Seminole County Fire Department, FL (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 92 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.