Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderStockton Fire Department
Stockton, CA · San Joaquin County. Stockton Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 12 stations and 364 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.
- 364
- Total personnel
- 12
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Stockton Fire Department pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the California average.
- Top 1%
- national personnel size
- +884%
- vs. California average
- 12
- 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.
Stockton Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Stockton, CA (San Joaquin County), with 12 stations and 364 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #85 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #85 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #12 of 721
- 3.30 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 22 other listed departments in San Joaquin County
Stockton Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
364 Top 1% higher than 99%+ 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 39065 · Stockton Fire Department, CA 364 personnel · 12 stations
PERS-LARGE · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-LARGE 364
- STA-MULTI 12 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #85
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Hartford Fire Dep…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Hartford Fire Department - Central Station, CT (+ 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.
- High Bridgeport Fire D…, CT 366
- Near Salt Lake City, UT 366
- Stockton (this dept) 364
- Near Hartford Fire Dep…, CT 364
- Low Gary, IN 355
Department Profile
- Type
- PAID
- Location
- Stockton, CA
- County
- San Joaquin County
- FDID
- 39065
Staffing vs the California average
How Stockton Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #12 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #85 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 12
- State fire deaths/yr
- 346
- CA departments
- 1,309
County roster weight
Stockton Fire Department carries 40.8% of San Joaquin County HIFLD personnel
Among 29 listed departments (892 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 38% of the county count. County / state rollup.
3.30 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (12 stations / 364 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Hartford Fire Department - Central Station, CT (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 364 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.