Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderRodeo-Hercules Fire Protection District
Hercules, CA · Contra Costa County. Rodeo-Hercules Fire Protection District is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations and 41 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.
- 41
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Rodeo-Hercules Fire Protection District pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the California average.
- Top 26%
- national personnel size
- +11%
- vs. California average
- 2
- 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.
Rodeo-Hercules Fire Protection District is a Career (Paid) department serving Hercules, CA (Contra Costa County), with 2 stations and 41 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #5,776 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #5,776 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #266 of 721
- 4.88 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 21 other listed departments in Contra Costa County
Rodeo-Hercules Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
41 Top 26% higher than 74% 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 07100 · Rodeo-Hercules Fire Protection District, CA 41 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 41
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #5,776
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Madison Volunteer…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Madison Volunteer Fire Department / Madison Volunteer Rescue Squad, NE (+ 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.
- Rodeo-Hercules Fi… (this dept) 41
- High Heard County Emer…, GA 41
- Near Madison Volunteer…, NE 41
- Near Michigan Departme…, MI 41
- Near Clarkesville, GA 41
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY PAID
- Location
- Hercules, CA
- County
- Contra Costa County
- FDID
- 07100
Staffing vs the California average
How Rodeo-Hercules Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #266 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #5,776 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 346
- CA departments
- 1,309
County roster fringe
Rodeo-Hercules Fire Protection District is 3.1% of Contra Costa County roster mass
The county lists 27 departments totaling 1,307 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 93% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
4.88 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 41 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Madison Volunteer Fire Department / Madison Volunteer Rescue Squad, NE (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 41 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.