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Oakland Fire Department

Oakland, CA · Alameda County. Oakland Fire Department is a fire department. 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.

Not reported
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service
F
PlainFireData Composite Score
0/100
Oakland Fire Department

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
No station count on file for this department
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
Other department profile

Oakland Fire Department is a fire department serving Oakland, CA (Alameda County). According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $46,273,773.

  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 15 other listed departments in Alameda County

Dispatch plate

Sheet CA-OAKLAND-FIRE-DEPARTMENT-CA · Oakland Fire Department, CA personnel n/a

PERS-UNK · STA-UNK · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-Y · RANK-UNK · GAP-UNK · FEMA-HEAVY · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-UNK Staff pending
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UNK Rank pending
  • GAP-UNK Gap pending
  • FEMA-HEAVY $46.3M
  • BOOK-PART 2/5 fields

Instrument codes from this department’s HIFLD personnel and station counts, staffing type, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer department, FEMA AFG/SAFER book, and field completeness, not a readiness rating.

Department Profile

Type
Location
Oakland, CA

FEMA Grant History

$46.3M
Cumulative funding (FY2010–2021)
13
Awards
Year Award Amount
2021 EMW-2021-FF-00614 $27,392,155
2021 EMW-2021-FG-05740 $360,181.81
2020 EMW-2020-FG-01517 $206,564
2020 EMW-2020-FG-15895 $179,584.73
2019 EMW-2019-FG-01033 $1,216,192
2017 EMW-2017-FH-00506 $3,305,224.75
2015 EMW2014FH00782 $4,268,112
2014 EMW2013FO06976 $246,514
2012 EMW-2012-FH-0033 $8,099,265
2011 EMW2011FV04232 $789,360

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

County roster geometry

Alameda County HIFLD mix around Oakland Fire Department

Alameda County: 20 departments, 296 personnel (1 volunteer / 7 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 95% of departments. County / state rollup.

Nearby Departments

Alameda City Fire Department
Alameda · career
Albany Fire Department
Albany · other
Bayer Emergency Response Team
Berkeley · volunteer
Berkeley Fire Department
Berkeley · other
East Bay Regional Park District
Castro Valley · other
Emeryville Fire Department
Emeryville · career
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Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Oakland Fire Department have?

Personnel data for Oakland Fire Department is not available in the HIFLD database.

Does Oakland Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, Oakland Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Oakland Fire Department operate?

Station count data for Oakland Fire Department is not available in the HIFLD database.

What type of fire department is Oakland Fire Department?

Oakland Fire Department is a fire department serving Alameda County, CA.

Has Oakland Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Oakland Fire Department has received 13 FEMA grants totaling $46,273,773.29 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2010–2021 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2021.

How many fire departments are in California?

California has 1,309 fire departments with 48,526 total personnel. 40% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Verify with USFA/FEMA →

HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.