Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderSouthern Marin Fire Protection District
Mill Valley, CA · Marin County. Southern Marin Fire Protection District is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations and 47 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.
- 47
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Southern Marin Fire Protection District pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount above the California average.
- Top 20%
- national personnel size
- +27%
- vs. California average
- 2
- stations
- $8,708,478
- 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.
Southern Marin Fire Protection District is a Career (Paid) department serving Mill Valley, CA (Marin County), with 2 stations and 47 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,514 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $8,708,478.
- National personnel rank #4,514 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #224 of 721
- 4.26 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 21 other listed departments in Marin County
Southern Marin Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
47 Top 20% higher than 80% 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 21045 · Southern Marin Fire Protection District, CA 47 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-HEAVY · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 47
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #4,514
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Dover
- FEMA-HEAVY $8.7M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Dover Fire Department, MA (+ 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.
- Southern Marin Fi… (this dept) 47
- High Westside Volunteer, MD 47
- Near Dover, MA 47
- Near Weston Volunteer, WV 47
- Near Delaware Township, OH 47
Department Profile
- Type
- PAID
- Location
- Mill Valley, CA
- County
- Marin County
- FDID
- 21045
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | EMW-2024-FG-00985 | $2,000,000 |
| 2019 | EMW-2019-FF-01742 | $3,994,668.38 |
| 2018 | EMW-2018-FR-00408 | $1,847,055 |
| 2015 | EMW2014FO04432 | $688,438 |
| 2013 | EMW2012FO03755 | $178,317 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the California average
How Southern Marin Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #224 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,514 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
Southern Marin Fire Protection District is 6.5% of Marin County roster mass
The county lists 28 departments totaling 719 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 100% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
4.26 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 47 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Dover Fire Department, MA (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 47 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.