Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderPalo Alto Fire Department
Palo Alto, CA · Santa Clara County. Palo Alto Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 8 stations and 113 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.
- 113
- Total personnel
- 8
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Palo Alto Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the California average.
- Top 3%
- national personnel size
- +205%
- vs. California average
- 8
- 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.
Palo Alto Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Palo Alto, CA (Santa Clara County), with 8 stations and 113 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #760 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #760 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #61 of 721
- 7.08 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 21 other listed departments in Santa Clara County
Palo Alto Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
113 Top 3% higher than 97% 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 43060 · Palo Alto Fire Department, CA 113 personnel · 8 stations
PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 113
- STA-MULTI 8 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #760
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ West Allis
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: West Allis Fire Department, WI (+ 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.
- Palo Alto (this dept) 113
- High East Northport, NY 113
- Near West Allis, WI 113
- Near Jackson Hole Fire…, WY 113
- Near Neffsville Fire C…, PA 113
Department Profile
- Type
- PAID
- Location
- Palo Alto, CA
- County
- Santa Clara County
- FDID
- 43060
Staffing vs the California average
How Palo Alto Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #61 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #760 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 8
- State fire deaths/yr
- 346
- CA departments
- 1,309
County roster fringe
Palo Alto Fire Department is 5.1% of Santa Clara County roster mass
The county lists 27 departments totaling 2,203 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 89% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
7.08 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (8 stations / 113 roster).
Photo-finish peer: West Allis Fire Department, WI (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 113 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.