Department profile
VolunteerSierra City Fire District
Sierra City, CA · Sierra County. Sierra City Fire District is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 23 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 23
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Sierra City Fire District pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the California average.
- 32nd pct.
- national personnel size
- -38%
- vs. California average
- 3
- 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.
Sierra City Fire District is a Volunteer department serving Sierra City, CA (Sierra County), with 3 stations and 23 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #15,321 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #15,321 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #481 of 721
- 13.04 stations per 100 personnel
- 5 other listed departments in Sierra County
Sierra City Fire District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
23 Top 68% higher than 32% 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 46015 · Sierra City Fire District, CA 23 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 23
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #15,321
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Kingsford
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Kingsford Fire Department, IN (+ 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.
- Sierra City Fire… (this dept) 23
- High Newcastle, OK 23
- Near Kingsford, IN 23
- Near Pepin, WI 23
- Near Rushcreek Townshi…, OH 23
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Sierra City, CA
- County
- Sierra County
- FDID
- 46015
Staffing vs the California average
How Sierra City Fire District's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #481 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #15,321 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 346
- CA departments
- 1,309
County roster geometry
Sierra County HIFLD mix around Sierra City Fire District
Sierra County: 10 departments, 202 personnel (7 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 40% of departments. County / state rollup.
13.04 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 23 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Kingsford Fire Department, IN (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 23 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.