Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderPiedmont Fire Department
Piedmont, CA · Alameda County. Piedmont Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 25 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.
- 25
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Piedmont Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the California average.
- 38th pct.
- national personnel size
- -32%
- 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.
Piedmont Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Piedmont, CA (Alameda County), with 1 station and 25 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #13,825 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #13,825 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #458 of 721
- 4.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 15 other listed departments in Alameda County
Piedmont Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
25 Top 62% higher than 38% 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 01090 · Piedmont Fire Department, CA 25 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 25
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #13,825
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Estell Manor Volu…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Estell Manor Volunteer Fire Company, NJ (+ 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.
- Piedmont (this dept) 25
- High Lake Township, MI 25
- Near Estell Manor Volu…, NJ 25
- Near Exeter Fire Depar…, RI 25
- Near Hill City, MN 25
Department Profile
- Type
- PAID
- Location
- Piedmont, CA
- County
- Alameda County
- FDID
- 01090
Staffing vs the California average
How Piedmont Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #458 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #13,825 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
Piedmont Fire Department is 8.4% of Alameda County roster mass
The county lists 20 departments totaling 296 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 95% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
4.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 25 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Estell Manor Volunteer Fire Company, NJ (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 25 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.