Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderOcotillo Wells Volunteer Fire Department
Borrego Springs, CA · San Diego County. Ocotillo Wells Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 37 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.
- 37
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Ocotillo Wells Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the California average.
- Top 32%
- national personnel size
- +0%
- 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.
Ocotillo Wells Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Borrego Springs, CA (San Diego County), with 1 station and 37 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #7,103 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #7,103 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #294 of 721
- 2.70 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 63 other listed departments in San Diego County
Ocotillo Wells Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
37 Top 32% higher than 68% 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 37112 · Ocotillo Wells Volunteer Fire Department, CA 37 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 37
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #7,103
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Ellwood City Volu…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Ellwood City Volunteer Fire Department, PA (+ 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.
- Ocotillo Wells Vo… (this dept) 37
- High Caughdenoy Volunt…, NY 37
- Near Ellwood City Volu…, PA 37
- Near City of West Monr…, LA 37
- Near New Beaver Boroug…, PA 37
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Borrego Springs, CA
- County
- San Diego County
- FDID
- 37112
Staffing vs the California average
How Ocotillo Wells Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #294 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,103 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
Ocotillo Wells Volunteer Fire Department is 1.0% of San Diego County roster mass
The county lists 83 departments totaling 3,721 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 87% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
2.70 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 37 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Ellwood City Volunteer Fire Department, PA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 37 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.