Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderSan Francisco Fire Department
San Francisco, CA · San Francisco County. San Francisco Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 42 stations and 1,835 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.
- 1,835
- Total personnel
- 42
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
San Francisco Fire Department pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the California average.
- Top 1%
- national personnel size
- +4859%
- vs. California average
- 42
- 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.
San Francisco Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving San Francisco, CA (San Francisco County), with 42 stations and 1,835 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #7 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #7 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #2 of 721
- 2.29 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 3 other listed departments in San Francisco County
San Francisco Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
1,835 Top 1% higher than 99%+ 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 38005 · San Francisco Fire Department, CA 1,835 personnel · 42 stations
PERS-METRO · STA-SYSTEM · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-METRO 1,835
- STA-SYSTEM 42 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #7
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ City of Memphis D…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: City of Memphis Division of Fire, TN ( -27 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.
- High Prince Georges Co…, MD 1,981
- San Francisco (this dept) 1,835
- Near City of Memphis D…, TN 1,808
- Near Baltimore City Fi…, MD 1,752
- Low Columbus Division…, OH 1,675
Department Profile
- Type
- PAID
- Location
- San Francisco, CA
- County
- San Francisco County
- FDID
- 38005
Staffing vs the California average
How San Francisco Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #2 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 42
- State fire deaths/yr
- 346
- CA departments
- 1,309
County roster weight
San Francisco Fire Department carries 97.7% of San Francisco County HIFLD personnel
Among 4 listed departments (1,878 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 0% of the county count. County / state rollup.
2.29 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (42 stations / 1,835 roster).
Photo-finish peer: City of Memphis Division of Fire, TN (-27 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 1,835 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.