Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Sierra Army Depot Fire and Emergency Services-Dod

Herlong, CA · Lassen County. Sierra Army Depot Fire and Emergency Services-Dod is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 16 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.

16
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Sierra Army Depot Fire and Emergency Services-Dod pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well below the California average.

12th pct.
national personnel size
-57%
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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
25/100
Sierra Army Depot Fire and Emergency Services-Dod

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 D
16 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
16 personnel · 1 station

Sierra Army Depot Fire and Emergency Services-Dod is a Career (Paid) department serving Herlong, CA (Lassen County), with 1 station and 16 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #19,824 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #19,824 of 22,440
  • CA personnel rank #611 of 721
  • 6.25 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 19 other listed departments in Lassen County

Sierra Army Depot Fire and Emergency Services-Dod vs. the national personnel distribution

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

16 Top 88% higher than 12% 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 AF024 · Sierra Army Depot Fire and Emergency Services-Dod, CA 16 personnel · 1 station

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

  • PERS-SMALL 16
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #19,824
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ 79 East Volunteer
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: 79 East Volunteer Fire Department, TX (+ 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
CAREER
Location
Herlong, CA
FDID
AF024

Staffing vs the California average

How Sierra Army Depot Fire and Emergency Services-Dod's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #611 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #19,824 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 57% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
346
CA departments
1,309

County roster fringe

Sierra Army Depot Fire and Emergency Services-Dod is 8.2% of Lassen County roster mass

The county lists 21 departments totaling 195 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 52% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

6.25 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 16 roster).

Photo-finish peer: 79 East Volunteer Fire Department, TX (+0 personnel).

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

Nationwide career peers near 16 personnel

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