Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderSelma City Fire Department
Selma, CA · Fresno County. Selma City Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations and 38 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.
- 38
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Selma City Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the California average.
- Top 31%
- national personnel size
- +3%
- vs. California average
- 2
- stations
- $755,689
- FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record
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.
Selma City Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Selma, CA (Fresno County), with 2 stations and 38 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,860 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $755,689.
- National personnel rank #6,860 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #288 of 721
- 5.26 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 32 other listed departments in Fresno County
Selma City Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
38 Top 31% higher than 69% 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 10095 · Selma City Fire Department, CA 38 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 38
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #6,860
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Oak Hill Volunteer
- FEMA-MID $756K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Oak Hill Volunteer Fire Department, WV (+ 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.
- Selma City (this dept) 38
- High Plattsburgh City, NY 38
- Near Oak Hill Volunteer, WV 38
- Near Dorchester Volunt…, WI 38
- Near East Fork Volunte…, KY 38
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY PAID
- Location
- Selma, CA
- County
- Fresno County
- FDID
- 10095
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | EMW-2018-FR-00382 | $282,139 |
| 2011 | EMW-2011-FH-0052 | $473,550 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the California average
How Selma City Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #288 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,860 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 346
- CA departments
- 1,309
County roster fringe
Selma City Fire Department is 3.1% of Fresno County roster mass
The county lists 35 departments totaling 1,236 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 74% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
5.26 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 38 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Oak Hill Volunteer Fire Department, WV (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 38 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.