Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderSouth Lake Tahoe Fire Department
South Lake Tahoe, CA · El Dorado County. South Lake Tahoe Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 3 stations and 67 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.
- 67
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
South Lake Tahoe Fire Department pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount well above the California average.
- Top 9%
- national personnel size
- +81%
- vs. California average
- 3
- stations
- $1,405,466
- 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.
South Lake Tahoe Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving South Lake Tahoe, CA (El Dorado County), with 3 stations and 67 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,108 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $1,405,466.
- National personnel rank #2,108 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #130 of 721
- 4.48 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 22 other listed departments in El Dorado County
South Lake Tahoe Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
67 Top 9% higher than 91% 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 09060 · South Lake Tahoe Fire Department, CA 67 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 67
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #2,108
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Fairfield Township
- FEMA-MID $1.4M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Fairfield Township Fire Department, OH (+ 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.
- South Lake Tahoe (this dept) 67
- High Northport Fire Re…, AL 67
- Near Fairfield Township, OH 67
- Near Lee County, GA 67
- Near Altoona, PA 67
Department Profile
- Type
- PAID
- Location
- South Lake Tahoe, CA
- County
- El Dorado County
- FDID
- 09060
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | EMW-2018-FH-00089 | $1,405,465.63 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the California average
How South Lake Tahoe Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #130 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,108 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 fringe
South Lake Tahoe Fire Department is 9.0% of El Dorado County roster mass
The county lists 27 departments totaling 744 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 96% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
4.48 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 67 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Fairfield Township Fire Department, OH (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 67 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.