Department profile
VolunteerTuolumne County Fire Department
Sonora, CA · Tuolumne County. Tuolumne County Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 14 stations and 123 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 123
- Total personnel
- 14
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Tuolumne County Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the California average.
- Top 3%
- national personnel size
- +232%
- vs. California average
- 14
- stations
- $10,890,787
- 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.
Tuolumne County Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Sonora, CA (Tuolumne County), with 14 stations and 123 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #648 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $10,890,787.
- National personnel rank #648 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #54 of 721
- 11.38 stations per 100 personnel
- 10 other listed departments in Tuolumne County
Tuolumne County Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
123 Top 3% higher than 97% 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 55050 · Tuolumne County Fire Department, CA 123 personnel · 14 stations
PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-HEAVY · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 123
- STA-MULTI 14 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-TOP #648
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Danville
- FEMA-HEAVY $10.9M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Danville Fire Department, VA (+ 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.
- Tuolumne County (this dept) 123
- High Locust Valley, NY 123
- Near Danville, VA 123
- Near Schenectady, NY 123
- Near Woodmere Voluntee…, NY 123
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Sonora, CA
- County
- Tuolumne County
- FDID
- 55050
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | EMW-2021-FF-01668 | $8,970,819 |
| 2018 | EMW-2018-FR-00277 | $554,091 |
| 2014 | EMW2013FF00520 | $503,117 |
| 2013 | EMW2012FH00204 | $862,760 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the California average
How Tuolumne County Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #54 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #648 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 14
- State fire deaths/yr
- 346
- CA departments
- 1,309
County roster weight
Tuolumne County Fire Department carries 48.0% of Tuolumne County HIFLD personnel
Among 14 listed departments (256 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 50% of the county count. County / state rollup.
11.38 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (14 stations / 123 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Danville Fire Department, VA (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 123 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.