Department profile
OtherEMS ProviderSan Bernardino County Fire Department
Fontana, CA · San Bernardino County. San Bernardino County Fire Department is a fire department, 1 station and 10 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.
- 10
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
San Bernardino County Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well below the California average.
- 2nd pct.
- national personnel size
- -73%
- 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.
San Bernardino County Fire Department is a fire department serving Fontana, CA (San Bernardino County), with 1 station and 10 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #22,033 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #22,033 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #691 of 721
- 10.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 44 other listed departments in San Bernardino County
San Bernardino County Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
10 Top 98% higher than 2% 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 CA-SAN-BERNARDINO-COUNTY-FIRE-DEPARTMENT-CA · San Bernardino County Fire Department, CA 10 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-MICRO 10
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #22,033
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Arbala Volunteer…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Arbala Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department, TX (+ 0 personnel)
Instrument codes from this department’s HIFLD personnel and station counts, staffing type, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer department, FEMA AFG/SAFER book, and field completeness, not a readiness rating.
Personnel neighbourhood
Nationwide HIFLD headcount poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every CA department.
- San Bernardino Co… (this dept) 10
- High Big Wells Volunte…, TX 10
- Near Arbala Volunteer…, TX 10
- Near Arcadia Volunteer, KS 10
- Near Athol City and Ru…, KS 10
Department Profile
- Type
- Location
- Fontana, CA
- County
- San Bernardino County
- Ambulances
- 4
Staffing vs the California average
How San Bernardino County Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #691 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #22,033 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
San Bernardino County Fire Department is 0.5% of San Bernardino County roster mass
The county lists 60 departments totaling 1,856 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 87% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
10.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 10 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Arbala Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department, TX (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide departments near 10 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.