Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderTehama County Fire Department
Red Bluff, CA · Tehama County. Tehama County Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 15 stations and 164 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.
- 164
- Total personnel
- 15
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Tehama County Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the California average.
- Top 2%
- national personnel size
- +343%
- vs. California average
- 15
- 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.
Tehama County Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Red Bluff, CA (Tehama County), with 15 stations and 164 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #345 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #345 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #32 of 721
- 9.15 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 7 other listed departments in Tehama County
Tehama County Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
164 Top 2% higher than 98% 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 52030 · Tehama County Fire Department, CA 164 personnel · 15 stations
PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 164
- STA-MULTI 15 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #345
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Central Matanuska…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Central Matanuska-Susitna Fire Department, AK (+ 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.
- High Holley, NY 165
- Tehama County (this dept) 164
- Near Central Matanuska…, AK 164
- Near Concord Fire and…, NC 164
- Low New Rochelle, NY 163
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Red Bluff, CA
- County
- Tehama County
- FDID
- 52030
Staffing vs the California average
How Tehama County Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #32 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #345 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 15
- State fire deaths/yr
- 346
- CA departments
- 1,309
County roster weight
Tehama County Fire Department carries 62.1% of Tehama County HIFLD personnel
Among 8 listed departments (264 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 63% of the county count. County / state rollup.
9.15 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (15 stations / 164 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Central Matanuska-Susitna Fire Department, AK (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 164 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.