Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderParadise Fire Department
Paradise, CA · Butte County. Paradise Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 61 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.
- 61
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Paradise Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the California average.
- Top 11%
- national personnel size
- +65%
- vs. California average
- 3
- 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.
Paradise Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Paradise, CA (Butte County), with 3 stations and 61 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,522 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,522 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #143 of 721
- 4.92 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 8 other listed departments in Butte County
Paradise Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
61 Top 11% higher than 89% 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 04030 · Paradise Fire Department, CA 61 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 61
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #2,522
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ High Ridge Fire P…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: High Ridge Fire Protection District, MO (+ 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.
- Paradise (this dept) 61
- High Windsor Locks, CT 61
- Near High Ridge Fire P…, MO 61
- Near Coldspring Volunt…, NY 61
- Near Kearney Fire and…, MO 61
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Paradise, CA
- County
- Butte County
- FDID
- 04030
Staffing vs the California average
How Paradise Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #143 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,522 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 346
- CA departments
- 1,309
County roster geometry
Butte County HIFLD mix around Paradise Fire Department
Butte County: 11 departments, 274 personnel (5 volunteer / 3 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 91% of departments. County / state rollup.
4.92 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 61 roster).
Photo-finish peer: High Ridge Fire Protection District, MO (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 61 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.