Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderPrinceton Fire Protection District
Princeton, CA · Colusa County. Princeton Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 14 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.
- 14
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Princeton Fire Protection District pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well below the California average.
- 7th pct.
- national personnel size
- -62%
- 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.
Princeton Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department serving Princeton, CA (Colusa County), with 1 station and 14 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #20,887 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #20,887 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #646 of 721
- 7.14 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 7 other listed departments in Colusa County
Princeton Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
14 Top 93% higher than 7% 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 06035 · Princeton Fire Protection District, CA 14 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MICRO 14
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #20,887
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Epes Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Epes Volunteer Fire Department, AL (+ 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.
- Princeton Fire Pr… (this dept) 14
- High Davis Lake Volunt…, AL 14
- Near Epes Volunteer, AL 14
- Near Correll Volunteer, MN 14
- Near Lakeside, CO 14
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Princeton, CA
- County
- Colusa County
- FDID
- 06035
Staffing vs the California average
How Princeton Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #646 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #20,887 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
Princeton Fire Protection District is 9.5% of Colusa County roster mass
The county lists 8 departments totaling 147 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 100% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
7.14 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 14 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Epes Volunteer Fire Department, AL (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 14 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.