Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderSanta Clara County Fire Department - los Gatos Station
Los Gatos, CA · Santa Clara County. Santa Clara County Fire Department - los Gatos Station is a Career (Paid) department, 16 stations and 246 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.
- 246
- Total personnel
- 16
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Santa Clara County Fire Department - los Gatos Station pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the California average.
- Top 1%
- national personnel size
- +565%
- vs. California average
- 16
- 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 Clara County Fire Department - los Gatos Station is a Career (Paid) department serving Los Gatos, CA (Santa Clara County), with 16 stations and 246 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #159 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #159 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #21 of 721
- 6.50 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 21 other listed departments in Santa Clara County
Santa Clara County Fire Department - los Gatos Station vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
246 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 43080 · Santa Clara County Fire Department - los Gatos Station, CA 246 personnel · 16 stations
PERS-LARGE · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-LARGE 246
- STA-MULTI 16 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #159
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Rural Metro
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Rural Metro Fire Department, AZ (+ 1 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 Kahului Fire Stat…, HI 249
- Near Rural Metro, AZ 247
- Santa Clara Count… (this dept) 246
- Near Eastside Fire and…, WA 245
- Low Manchester, NH 243
Department Profile
- Type
- PAID
- Location
- Los Gatos, CA
- County
- Santa Clara County
- FDID
- 43080
Staffing vs the California average
How Santa Clara County Fire Department - los Gatos Station's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #21 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #159 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 16
- State fire deaths/yr
- 346
- CA departments
- 1,309
County roster geometry
Santa Clara County HIFLD mix around Santa Clara County Fire Department - los Gatos Station
Santa Clara County: 27 departments, 2,203 personnel (4 volunteer / 14 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 89% of departments. County / state rollup.
6.50 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (16 stations / 246 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Rural Metro Fire Department, AZ (+1 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 246 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.