Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderSutter County Fire Department
Yuba City, CA · Sutter County. Sutter County Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 40 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.
- 40
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Sutter County Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the California average.
- Top 28%
- national personnel size
- +8%
- 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.
Sutter County Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Yuba City, CA (Sutter County), with 3 stations and 40 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,356 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #6,356 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #274 of 721
- 7.50 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 7 other listed departments in Sutter County
Sutter County Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
40 Top 28% higher than 72% 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 51055 · Sutter County Fire Department, CA 40 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 40
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #6,356
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Caledonia
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Caledonia Fire Department, WI (+ 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.
- Sutter County (this dept) 40
- High Lavalette Volunte…, WV 40
- Near Caledonia, WI 40
- Near Patterson Volunte…, LA 40
- Near Forest View-Gang…, NY 40
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Yuba City, CA
- County
- Sutter County
- FDID
- 51055
Staffing vs the California average
How Sutter County Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #274 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,356 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 weight
Sutter County Fire Department carries 37.0% of Sutter County HIFLD personnel
Among 9 listed departments (108 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 56% of the county count. County / state rollup.
7.50 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 40 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Caledonia Fire Department, WI (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 40 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.