Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderRoss Fire Department
San Anselmo, CA · Marin County. Ross Fire Department is a Career (Paid) 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
Ross Fire Department 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.
Ross Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving San Anselmo, CA (Marin 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 #20,902 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #20,902 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #647 of 721
- 7.14 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 21 other listed departments in Marin County
Ross Fire Department 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 21060 · Ross Fire Department, CA 14 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MICRO 14
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #20,902
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Baskin Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Baskin Volunteer Fire Department, LA (+ 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.
- Ross (this dept) 14
- High Callaway, FL 14
- Near Baskin Volunteer, LA 14
- Near Florahome-Grandin, FL 14
- Near Playas Volunteer, NM 14
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY PAID
- Location
- San Anselmo, CA
- County
- Marin County
- FDID
- 21060
Staffing vs the California average
How Ross Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #647 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #20,902 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
Ross Fire Department is 1.9% of Marin County roster mass
The county lists 28 departments totaling 719 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: Baskin Volunteer Fire Department, LA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 14 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.