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San Diego Rural Fire Protection District

Potrero, CA · San Diego County. San Diego Rural Fire Protection District is a fire department. 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.

Not reported
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service
F
PlainFireData Composite Score
0/100
San Diego Rural 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
No station count on file for this department
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
Other department profile

San Diego Rural Fire Protection District is a fire department serving Potrero, CA (San Diego County). According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $3,721,107.

  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 63 other listed departments in San Diego County

Dispatch plate

Sheet CA-SAN-DIEGO-RURAL-FIRE-PROTECTION-DISTRICT-CA · San Diego Rural Fire Protection District, CA personnel n/a

PERS-UNK · STA-UNK · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-Y · RANK-UNK · GAP-UNK · FEMA-MID · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-UNK Staff pending
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UNK Rank pending
  • GAP-UNK Gap pending
  • FEMA-MID $3.7M
  • BOOK-PART 2/5 fields

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.

Department Profile

Type
Location
Potrero, CA

FEMA Grant History

$3.7M
Cumulative funding (FY2011–2021)
6
Awards
Year Award Amount
2021 EMW-2021-FG-02336 $720,023.7
2020 EMW-2020-FG-01818 $368,139.77
2020 EMW-2020-FG-04033 $222,007.05
2019 EMW-2019-FG-01379 $1,113,689.78
2012 EMW2012FO06139 $1,036,174
2011 EMW-2011-FO-0859 $261,073

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

County roster geometry

San Diego County HIFLD mix around San Diego Rural Fire Protection District

San Diego County: 83 departments, 3,721 personnel (16 volunteer / 43 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 87% of departments. County / state rollup.

Nearby Departments

Barona Fire Protection District
Lakeside · career
Borrego Springs Fire Protection District
Borrego Springs · career
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Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does San Diego Rural Fire Protection District have?

Personnel data for San Diego Rural Fire Protection District is not available in the HIFLD database.

Does San Diego Rural Fire Protection District provide EMS services?

Yes, San Diego Rural Fire Protection District provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does San Diego Rural Fire Protection District operate?

Station count data for San Diego Rural Fire Protection District is not available in the HIFLD database.

What type of fire department is San Diego Rural Fire Protection District?

San Diego Rural Fire Protection District is a fire department serving San Diego County, CA.

Has San Diego Rural Fire Protection District received federal grants?

Yes, San Diego Rural Fire Protection District has received 6 FEMA grants totaling $3,721,107.3 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2011–2021 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2021.

How many fire departments are in California?

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

Related guides

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Verify with USFA/FEMA →

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