Department profile
Career (Paid)Santa Barbara City Fire Department
Santa Barbara, CA · Santa Barbara County. Santa Barbara City Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 8 stations and 123 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 123
- Total personnel
- 8
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Santa Barbara City Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the California average.
- Top 3%
- national personnel size
- +232%
- vs. California average
- 8
- 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 Barbara City Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Santa Barbara, CA (Santa Barbara County), with 8 stations and 123 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #646 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #646 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #53 of 721
- 6.50 stations per 100 personnel
- 13 other listed departments in Santa Barbara County
Santa Barbara City Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
123 Top 3% higher than 97% 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 42025 · Santa Barbara City Fire Department, CA 123 personnel · 8 stations
PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-N · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 123
- STA-MULTI 8 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-TOP #646
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Schenectady
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Schenectady Fire Department, NY (+ 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.
- Santa Barbara City (this dept) 123
- High Danville, VA 123
- Near Schenectady, NY 123
- Near Woodmere Voluntee…, NY 123
- Near Locust Valley, NY 123
Department Profile
- Type
- PAID
- Location
- Santa Barbara, CA
- County
- Santa Barbara County
- FDID
- 42025
Staffing vs the California average
How Santa Barbara City Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #53 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #646 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 8
- State fire deaths/yr
- 346
- CA departments
- 1,309
County roster geometry
Santa Barbara County HIFLD mix around Santa Barbara City Fire Department
Santa Barbara County: 19 departments, 614 personnel (4 volunteer / 8 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 79% of departments. County / state rollup.
6.50 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (8 stations / 123 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Schenectady Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 123 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.