Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderSutter Creek Fire Protection District
Sutter Creek, CA · Amador County. Sutter Creek Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 33 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.
- 33
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Sutter Creek Fire Protection District pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the California average.
- Top 40%
- national personnel size
- -11%
- 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 Creek Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department serving Sutter Creek, CA (Amador County), with 3 stations and 33 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8,883 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #8,883 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #340 of 721
- 9.09 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 7 other listed departments in Amador County
Sutter Creek Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
33 Top 40% higher than 60% 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 03035 · Sutter Creek Fire Protection District, CA 33 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 33
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #8,883
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Waukon Fire Stati…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Waukon Fire Station, IA (+ 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 Creek Fire… (this dept) 33
- High Van Volunteer, WV 33
- Near Waukon Fire Stati…, IA 33
- Near Rice Lake, WI 33
- Near Albertson Volunte…, NC 33
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Sutter Creek, CA
- County
- Amador County
- FDID
- 03035
Staffing vs the California average
How Sutter Creek Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #340 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8,883 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 geometry
Amador County HIFLD mix around Sutter Creek Fire Protection District
Amador County: 13 departments, 160 personnel (7 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 85% of departments. County / state rollup.
9.09 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 33 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Waukon Fire Station, IA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 33 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.