Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderOrange County Fire Authority
Irvine, CA · Orange County. Orange County Fire Authority is a Career (Paid) department, 60 stations and 1,435 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.
- 1,435
- Total personnel
- 60
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Orange County Fire Authority pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the California average.
- Top 1%
- national personnel size
- +3778%
- vs. California average
- 60
- stations
- $10,271,122
- FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record
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.
Orange County Fire Authority is a Career (Paid) department serving Irvine, CA (Orange County), with 60 stations and 1,435 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #12 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $10,271,122.
- National personnel rank #12 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #3 of 721
- 4.18 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 16 other listed departments in Orange County
Orange County Fire Authority vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
1,435 Top 1% higher than 99%+ 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 30065 · Orange County Fire Authority, CA 1,435 personnel · 60 stations
PERS-METRO · STA-SYSTEM · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · BELOW-PEER · FEMA-HEAVY · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-METRO 1,435
- STA-SYSTEM 60 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #12
- BELOW-PEER under San Antonio Fire…
- FEMA-HEAVY $10.3M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: San Antonio Fire Department and Ambulance, TX (+ 70 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.
- High San Antonio Fire…, TX 1,505
- Orange County Fir… (this dept) 1,435
- Near Honolulu, HI 1,330
- Near Nashville, TN 1,236
- Low Palm Beach County…, FL 1,218
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY PAID
- Location
- Irvine, CA
- County
- Orange County
- FDID
- 30065
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | EMW-2023-FF-00508 | $5,937,722.1 |
| 2018 | EMW-2018-FO-04863 | $1,058,162.49 |
| 2017 | EMW2016FH00565 | $3,275,237.65 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the California average
How Orange County Fire Authority's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #3 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #12 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 60
- State fire deaths/yr
- 346
- CA departments
- 1,309
County roster weight
Orange County Fire Authority carries 48.3% of Orange County HIFLD personnel
Among 27 listed departments (2,970 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 4% of the county count. County / state rollup.
4.18 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (60 stations / 1,435 roster).
Photo-finish peer: San Antonio Fire Department and Ambulance, TX (+70 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 1,435 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.