Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Rancho Santa Fe Fire Protection District

Rancho Santa Fe, CA · San Diego County. Rancho Santa Fe Fire Protection District is a Career (Paid) department, 4 stations and 56 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.

56
Total personnel
4
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Rancho Santa Fe Fire Protection District pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the California average.

Top 14%
national personnel size
+51%
vs. California average
4
stations
$1,751,050
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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
45/100
Rancho Santa Fe Fire Protection District

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.

Staffing capacity F
14 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment B
$31,269 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
56 personnel · 4 stations

Rancho Santa Fe Fire Protection District is a Career (Paid) department serving Rancho Santa Fe, CA (San Diego County), with 4 stations and 56 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,035 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $1,751,050.

  • National personnel rank #3,035 of 22,440
  • CA personnel rank #168 of 721
  • 7.14 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 63 other listed departments in San Diego County

Rancho Santa Fe Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

56 Top 14% higher than 86% 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 37135 · Rancho Santa Fe Fire Protection District, CA 56 personnel · 4 stations

PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MID 56
  • STA-FEW 4 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #3,035
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Farmington Volunt…
  • FEMA-MID $1.8M
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Farmington Volunteer Fire Association, NY (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
PAID
Location
Rancho Santa Fe, CA
FDID
37135

FEMA Grant History

$1.8M
Cumulative funding (FY2009–2024)
4
Awards
Year Award Amount
2024 EMW-2024-FG-02329 $352,636.36
2018 EMW2016FH00203 $677,748
2017 EMW2016FF00069 $504,852
2009 EMW-2009-FO-0722 $215,814

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the California average

How Rancho Santa Fe Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #168 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,035 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 51% above the state average
Stations
4
State fire deaths/yr
346
CA departments
1,309

County roster fringe

Rancho Santa Fe Fire Protection District is 1.5% of San Diego County roster mass

The county lists 83 departments totaling 3,721 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 87% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

7.14 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 56 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Farmington Volunteer Fire Association, NY (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Barona Fire Protection District
Lakeside · career
Borrego Springs Fire Protection District
Borrego Springs · career
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Nationwide career peers near 56 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.

Farmington Volunteer Fire Association, NY 56 Manlius Fire Department, NY 56 Fayetteville Fire Department, NY 56 Reynoldsville Volunteer Fire Department, PA 56 Greeneville Fire Department, TN 56 City of Union Fire Department, SC 56 Winchester Fire Emergency Medical Services, KY 56 Scituate Fire Department, MA 56

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Rancho Santa Fe Fire Protection District have?

Rancho Santa Fe Fire Protection District has 56 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 51% above the California average of 37 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #3,035 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within CA, it ranks #168 of 721 by personnel.

Does Rancho Santa Fe Fire Protection District provide EMS services?

Yes, Rancho Santa Fe Fire Protection District provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Rancho Santa Fe Fire Protection District operate?

Rancho Santa Fe Fire Protection District operates 4 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Rancho Santa Fe Fire Protection District?

Rancho Santa Fe Fire Protection District is a Career (Paid) department serving San Diego County, CA. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

Has Rancho Santa Fe Fire Protection District received federal grants?

Yes, Rancho Santa Fe Fire Protection District has received 4 FEMA grants totaling $1,751,050.36 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2009–2024 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2024.

How many fire departments are in California?

California has 1,309 fire departments with 48,526 total personnel. 40% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.