Department profile
Career (Paid)University of California Santa Cruz Fire Department
Santa Cruz, CA · Santa Cruz County. University of California Santa Cruz Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 18 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 18
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
University of California Santa Cruz Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well below the California average.
- 16th pct.
- national personnel size
- -51%
- 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.
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.
University of California Santa Cruz Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Santa Cruz, CA (Santa Cruz County), with 1 station and 18 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #18,910 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #18,910 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #573 of 721
- 5.56 stations per 100 personnel
- 14 other listed departments in Santa Cruz County
University of California Santa Cruz Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
18 Top 84% higher than 16% 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 44760 · University of California Santa Cruz Fire Department, CA 18 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 18
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #18,910
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Vivian
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Vivian Fire Department, SD (+ 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.
- University of Cal… (this dept) 18
- High Load Volunteer, KY 18
- Near Vivian, SD 18
- Near Gladstone Fire Pr…, ND 18
- Near Hemingway Volunte…, SC 18
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Santa Cruz, CA
- County
- Santa Cruz County
- FDID
- 44760
Staffing vs the California average
How University of California Santa Cruz Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #573 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #18,910 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 346
- CA departments
- 1,309
County roster fringe
University of California Santa Cruz Fire Department is 3.1% of Santa Cruz County roster mass
The county lists 22 departments totaling 587 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 23% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
5.56 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 18 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Vivian Fire Department, SD (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 18 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.