Department profile
VolunteerSan Miguel Community Services District Fire Department
San Miguel, CA · San Luis Obispo County. San Miguel Community Services District Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 18 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 18
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
San Miguel Community Services District Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well below the California average.
- 16th pct.
- national personnel size
- -51%
- 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 Miguel Community Services District Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving San Miguel, CA (San Luis Obispo County), with 1 station and 18 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #18,830 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #18,830 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #572 of 721
- 5.56 stations per 100 personnel
- 18 other listed departments in San Luis Obispo County
San Miguel Community Services District Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
18 Top 84% higher than 16% 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 40065 · San Miguel Community Services District Fire Department, CA 18 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 18
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-LOWER #18,830
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Lecompte Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Lecompte Volunteer Fire Department, LA (+ 0 personnel)
Volunteer 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.
- San Miguel Commun… (this dept) 18
- High Pocola, OK 18
- Near Lecompte Volunteer, LA 18
- Near Cheneyville Volun…, LA 18
- Near Poteau, OK 18
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- San Miguel, CA
- County
- San Luis Obispo County
- FDID
- 40065
Staffing vs the California average
How San Miguel Community Services District Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #572 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #18,830 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 Miguel Community Services District Fire Department is 4.0% of San Luis Obispo County roster mass
The county lists 22 departments totaling 450 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 77% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
5.56 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 18 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Lecompte Volunteer Fire Department, LA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 18 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.