Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderSan Rafael Fire Department
San Rafael, CA · Marin County. San Rafael Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 6 stations and 91 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.
- 91
- Total personnel
- 6
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
San Rafael Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the California average.
- Top 5%
- national personnel size
- +146%
- vs. California average
- 6
- stations
- $519,328
- 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.
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 Rafael Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving San Rafael, CA (Marin County), with 6 stations and 91 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,138 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $519,328.
- National personnel rank #1,138 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #81 of 721
- 6.59 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 21 other listed departments in Marin County
San Rafael Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
91 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 21075 · San Rafael Fire Department, CA 91 personnel · 6 stations
PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 91
- STA-MULTI 6 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #1,138
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Braintree
- FEMA-MID $519K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Braintree Fire Department, MA (+ 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.
- San Rafael (this dept) 91
- High Union Vale Fire D…, NY 91
- Near Braintree, MA 91
- Near Darien Center Che…, NY 91
- Near Fannett-Metal Fir…, PA 91
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY PAID
- Location
- San Rafael, CA
- County
- Marin County
- FDID
- 21075
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | EMW-2017-FO-04380 | $190,012 |
| 2011 | EMW-2011-FO-0720 | $329,316 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the California average
How San Rafael Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #81 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,138 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 6
- State fire deaths/yr
- 346
- CA departments
- 1,309
County roster geometry
Marin County HIFLD mix around San Rafael Fire Department
Marin County: 28 departments, 719 personnel (6 volunteer / 12 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 100% of departments. County / state rollup.
6.59 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (6 stations / 91 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Braintree Fire Department, MA (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 91 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.