Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderOxnard Fire Department
Oxnard, CA · Ventura County. Oxnard Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 6 stations and 95 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.
- 95
- Total personnel
- 6
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Oxnard Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the California average.
- Top 5%
- national personnel size
- +157%
- vs. California average
- 6
- stations
- $15,298,093
- 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.
Oxnard Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Oxnard, CA (Ventura County), with 6 stations and 95 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,060 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $15,298,093.
- National personnel rank #1,060 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #76 of 721
- 6.32 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 6 other listed departments in Ventura County
Oxnard Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
95 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 56010 · Oxnard Fire Department, CA 95 personnel · 6 stations
PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-HEAVY · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 95
- STA-MULTI 6 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #1,060
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Rescue Hook and L…
- FEMA-HEAVY $15.3M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Rescue Hook and Ladder Fire Company, PA (+ 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.
- Oxnard (this dept) 95
- High Bedford Hills, NY 95
- Near Rescue Hook and L…, PA 95
- Near Apalachin, NY 95
- Near Greeley Volunteer, PA 95
Department Profile
- Type
- PAID
- Location
- Oxnard, CA
- County
- Ventura County
- FDID
- 56010
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | EMW-2024-FG-07877 | $383,773.09 |
| 2023 | EMW-2023-FP-00550 | $311,190.47 |
| 2023 | EMW-2023-FG-09526 | $296,679.34 |
| 2022 | EMW-2022-FG-04821 | $350,656.66 |
| 2022 | EMW-2022-FG-04892 | $195,060 |
| 2021 | EMW-2021-FF-01664 | $2,334,773.7 |
| 2020 | EMW-2020-FF-01126 | $1,111,797 |
| 2020 | EMW-2020-FG-13213 | $639,473 |
| 2020 | EMW-2020-FP-00777 | $346,833.33 |
| 2019 | EMW-2019-FG-09826 | $388,147.91 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the California average
How Oxnard Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #76 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,060 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 6
- State fire deaths/yr
- 346
- CA departments
- 1,309
County roster geometry
Ventura County HIFLD mix around Oxnard Fire Department
Ventura County: 10 departments, 904 personnel (2 volunteer / 4 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 80% of departments. County / state rollup.
6.32 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (6 stations / 95 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Rescue Hook and Ladder Fire Company, PA (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 95 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.