Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderSebastopol Fire Department
Sebastopol, CA · Sonoma County. Sebastopol Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 35 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.
- 35
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Sebastopol Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the California average.
- Top 36%
- national personnel size
- -5%
- 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 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.
Sebastopol Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Sebastopol, CA (Sonoma County), with 1 station and 35 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8,095 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #8,095 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #321 of 721
- 2.86 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 43 other listed departments in Sonoma County
Sebastopol Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
35 Top 36% higher than 64% 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 49180 · Sebastopol Fire Department, CA 35 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 35
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #8,095
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Almond Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Almond Volunteer Fire Department, WI (+ 0 personnel)
Volunteer 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.
- Sebastopol (this dept) 35
- High Farwell Volunteer…, NE 35
- Near Almond Volunteer, WI 35
- Near Santa Fe County V…, NM 35
- Near Valois-Logan-Hect…, NY 35
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Sebastopol, CA
- County
- Sonoma County
- FDID
- 49180
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | EMW2009FF00228 | $-11,888 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the California average
How Sebastopol Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #321 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8,095 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 346
- CA departments
- 1,309
County roster fringe
Sebastopol Fire Department is 2.9% of Sonoma County roster mass
The county lists 58 departments totaling 1,216 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 97% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
2.86 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 35 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Almond Volunteer Fire Department, WI (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 35 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.