Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderSouth San Francisco Fire Department
South San Francisco, CA · San Mateo County. South San Francisco Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 5 stations and 95 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.
- 95
- Total personnel
- 5
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
South San Francisco Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the California average.
- Top 5%
- national personnel size
- +157%
- vs. California average
- 5
- stations
- $2,560,321
- 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 San Francisco Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving South San Francisco, CA (San Mateo County), with 5 stations and 95 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,067 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $2,560,321.
- National personnel rank #1,067 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #77 of 721
- 5.26 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 22 other listed departments in San Mateo County
South San Francisco Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
95 Top 5% higher than 95% 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 41095 · South San Francisco Fire Department, CA 95 personnel · 5 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 95
- STA-FEW 5 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #1,067
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Pocono Township V…
- FEMA-MID $2.6M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Pocono Township Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated, PA (+ 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 San Francis… (this dept) 95
- High Apalachin, NY 95
- Near Pocono Township V…, PA 95
- Near Bridgehampton Fir…, NY 95
- Near Greeley Volunteer, PA 95
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- South San Francisco, CA
- County
- San Mateo County
- Ambulances
- 3
- FDID
- 41095
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | EMW-2018-FO-04526 | $320,536 |
| 2009 | EMW-2009-FC-0439 | $2,239,785 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the California average
How South San Francisco Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #77 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,067 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 5
- State fire deaths/yr
- 346
- CA departments
- 1,309
County roster geometry
San Mateo County HIFLD mix around South San Francisco Fire Department
San Mateo County: 29 departments, 826 personnel (3 volunteer / 14 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 93% of departments. County / state rollup.
5.26 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (5 stations / 95 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Pocono Township Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated, PA (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 95 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.