Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderSanta Ana Fire Department
Santa Ana, CA · Orange County. Santa Ana Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 10 stations and 349 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.
- 349
- Total personnel
- 10
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Santa Ana Fire Department pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the California average.
- Top 1%
- national personnel size
- +843%
- vs. California average
- 10
- 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.
Santa Ana Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Santa Ana, CA (Orange County), with 10 stations and 349 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #91 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #91 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #15 of 721
- 2.87 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 16 other listed departments in Orange County
Santa Ana Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
349 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 30075 · Santa Ana Fire Department, CA 349 personnel · 10 stations
PERS-LARGE · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-LARGE 349
- STA-MULTI 10 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #91
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Walker County Eme…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Walker County Emergency Services, GA (+ 5 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 Saint Petersburg…, FL 354
- Near Walker County Eme…, GA 354
- Santa Ana (this dept) 349
- Low Huntsville Fire a…, AL 344
- Near Aurora, CO 344
Department Profile
- Type
- PAID
- Location
- Santa Ana, CA
- County
- Orange County
- FDID
- 30075
Staffing vs the California average
How Santa Ana Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #15 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #91 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 10
- State fire deaths/yr
- 346
- CA departments
- 1,309
County roster geometry
Orange County HIFLD mix around Santa Ana Fire Department
Orange County: 27 departments, 2,970 personnel (1 volunteer / 13 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 81% of departments. County / state rollup.
2.87 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (10 stations / 349 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Walker County Emergency Services, GA (+5 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 349 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.