Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderSan Jose Fire Department
San Jose, CA · Santa Clara County. San Jose Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 31 stations and 843 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.
- 843
- Total personnel
- 31
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
San Jose Fire Department pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the California average.
- Top 1%
- national personnel size
- +2178%
- vs. California average
- 31
- 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 Jose Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving San Jose, CA (Santa Clara County), with 31 stations and 843 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #27 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #27 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #5 of 721
- 3.68 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 21 other listed departments in Santa Clara County
San Jose Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
843 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 43070 · San Jose Fire Department, CA 843 personnel · 31 stations
PERS-LARGE · STA-SYSTEM · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-LARGE 843
- STA-SYSTEM 31 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #27
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Indianapolis
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Indianapolis Fire Department, IN ( -24 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 El Paso Fire Depa…, TX 880
- San Jose (this dept) 843
- Near Indianapolis, IN 819
- Near Kansas City Kansas, KS 799
- Low Fort Worth, TX 782
Department Profile
- Type
- PAID
- Location
- San Jose, CA
- County
- Santa Clara County
- FDID
- 43070
Staffing vs the California average
How San Jose Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #5 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #27 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 31
- State fire deaths/yr
- 346
- CA departments
- 1,309
County roster weight
San Jose Fire Department carries 38.3% of Santa Clara County HIFLD personnel
Among 27 listed departments (2,203 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 15% of the county count. County / state rollup.
3.68 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (31 stations / 843 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Indianapolis Fire Department, IN (-24 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 843 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.