Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Santa Clara County Fire Department - Saratoga Fire Station

Saratoga, CA · Santa Clara County. Santa Clara County Fire Department - Saratoga Fire Station is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 51 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.

51
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Santa Clara County Fire Department - Saratoga Fire Station pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount above the California average.

Top 17%
national personnel size
+38%
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
PlainFireData Composite Score
91/100
Santa Clara County Fire Department - Saratoga Fire Station

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.

Staffing capacity A
51 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
51 personnel · 1 station

Santa Clara County Fire Department - Saratoga Fire Station is a Career (Paid) department serving Saratoga, CA (Santa Clara County), with 1 station and 51 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,750 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #3,750 of 22,440
  • CA personnel rank #196 of 721
  • 1.96 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 21 other listed departments in Santa Clara County

Santa Clara County Fire Department - Saratoga Fire Station vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

51 Top 17% higher than 83% 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 43100 · Santa Clara County Fire Department - Saratoga Fire Station, CA 51 personnel · 1 station

PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MID 51
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #3,750
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ City of Madison
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: City of Madison Fire Department, MS (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
MOSTLY PAID
Location
Saratoga, CA
FDID
43100

Staffing vs the California average

How Santa Clara County Fire Department - Saratoga Fire Station's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #196 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,750 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 38% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
346
CA departments
1,309

County roster fringe

Santa Clara County Fire Department - Saratoga Fire Station is 2.3% of Santa Clara County roster mass

The county lists 27 departments totaling 2,203 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 89% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

1.96 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 51 roster).

Photo-finish peer: City of Madison Fire Department, MS (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nationwide career peers near 51 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.