Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

San Bernardino County Fire Department - Victorville Fire Division

Victorville, CA · San Bernardino County. San Bernardino County Fire Department - Victorville Fire Division is a Career (Paid) department, 4 stations and 92 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.

92
Total personnel
4
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

San Bernardino County Fire Department - Victorville Fire Division pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the California average.

Top 5%
national personnel size
+149%
vs. California average
4
stations
$1,025,834
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
48/100
San Bernardino County Fire Department - Victorville Fire Division

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 C
23 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 C
$11,150 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
92 personnel · 4 stations

San Bernardino County Fire Department - Victorville Fire Division is a Career (Paid) department serving Victorville, CA (San Bernardino County), with 4 stations and 92 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,120 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $1,025,834.

  • National personnel rank #1,120 of 22,440
  • CA personnel rank #80 of 721
  • 4.35 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 44 other listed departments in San Bernardino County

San Bernardino County Fire Department - Victorville Fire Division vs. the national personnel distribution

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

92 Top 5% higher than 95% 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 36220 · San Bernardino County Fire Department - Victorville Fire Division, CA 92 personnel · 4 stations

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

  • PERS-MID 92
  • STA-FEW 4 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #1,120
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Pine Bluff
  • FEMA-MID $1.0M
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Pine Bluff Fire Department, AR (+ 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
MOSTLY PAID
Location
Victorville, CA
FDID
36220

FEMA Grant History

$1.0M
Cumulative funding (FY2014–2020)
3
Awards
Year Award Amount
2020 EMW-2020-FG-15531 $252,160.13
2018 EMW-2018-FO-02858 $310,634
2014 EMW2013FV02233 $463,040

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

Staffing vs the California average

How San Bernardino County Fire Department - Victorville Fire Division's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #80 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,120 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 149% above the state average
Stations
4
State fire deaths/yr
346
CA departments
1,309

County roster fringe

San Bernardino County Fire Department - Victorville Fire Division is 5.0% 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.

4.35 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 92 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Pine Bluff Fire Department, AR (+0 personnel).

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Nationwide career peers near 92 personnel

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

Pine Bluff Fire Department, AR 92 Oak Cliff Rural Fire Protection, OK 92 Fort Ashby Volunteer Fire Company, WV 92 Saint Paul Boulevard Fire Department, NY 92 Seminole County Fire Department, FL 92 Apopka Fire Department, FL 92 Florence Fire Department, AL 92 West Hartford Fire Department, CT 92

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does San Bernardino County Fire Department - Victorville Fire Division have?

San Bernardino County Fire Department - Victorville Fire Division has 92 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 149% above the California average of 37 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #1,120 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within CA, it ranks #80 of 721 by personnel.

Does San Bernardino County Fire Department - Victorville Fire Division provide EMS services?

Yes, San Bernardino County Fire Department - Victorville Fire Division provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does San Bernardino County Fire Department - Victorville Fire Division operate?

San Bernardino County Fire Department - Victorville Fire Division operates 4 fire stations.

What type of fire department is San Bernardino County Fire Department - Victorville Fire Division?

San Bernardino County Fire Department - Victorville Fire Division is a Career (Paid) department serving San Bernardino County, CA. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

Has San Bernardino County Fire Department - Victorville Fire Division received federal grants?

Yes, San Bernardino County Fire Department - Victorville Fire Division has received 3 FEMA grants totaling $1,025,834.13 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2014–2020 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2020.

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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