Department profile

Career (Paid)

University of California Riverside Fire Safety

Riverside, CA · Riverside County. University of California Riverside Fire Safety is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 3 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

3
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Not reported
EMS service

The verdict

University of California Riverside Fire Safety pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well below the California average.

0th pct.
national personnel size
-92%
vs. California average
1
station

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.

F
PlainFireData Composite Score
3/100
University of California Riverside Fire Safety

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.

Staffing capacity F
3 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
3 personnel · 1 station

University of California Riverside Fire Safety is a Career (Paid) department serving Riverside, CA (Riverside County), with 1 station and 3 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #22,419 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #22,419 of 22,440
  • CA personnel rank #720 of 721
  • 33.33 stations per 100 personnel
  • 31 other listed departments in Riverside County

University of California Riverside Fire Safety vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

3 Top 100% in the bottom 1% 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 33905 · University of California Riverside Fire Safety, CA 3 personnel · 1 station

PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-UNK · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-MICRO 3
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-UNK EMS pending
  • RANK-LOWER #22,419
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Thackerville Comm…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Thackerville Community Volunteer Fire Department, OK (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
CAREER
Location
Riverside, CA
FDID
33905

Staffing vs the California average

How University of California Riverside Fire Safety's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #720 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #22,419 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 92% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
346
CA departments
1,309

County roster fringe

University of California Riverside Fire Safety is 0.1% of Riverside County roster mass

The county lists 39 departments totaling 3,195 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 79% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

33.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 3 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Thackerville Community Volunteer Fire Department, OK (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nationwide career peers near 3 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.