Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderUpland Fire Department
Upland, CA · San Bernardino County. Upland Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 3 stations and 39 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.
- 39
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Upland Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the California average.
- Top 30%
- national personnel size
- +5%
- 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.
Upland Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Upland, CA (San Bernardino County), with 3 stations and 39 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,625 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #6,625 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #280 of 721
- 7.69 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 44 other listed departments in San Bernardino County
Upland Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
39 Top 30% higher than 70% 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 36215 · Upland Fire Department, CA 39 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 39
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #6,625
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Reedsville
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Reedsville Fire Department, WI (+ 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.
- Upland (this dept) 39
- High Ocean Reef Public…, FL 39
- Near Reedsville, WI 39
- Near Francis Creek Vol…, WI 39
- Near Napoleon Fire and…, OH 39
Department Profile
- Type
- PAID
- Location
- Upland, CA
- County
- San Bernardino County
- FDID
- 36215
Staffing vs the California average
How Upland Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #280 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,625 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 fringe
Upland Fire Department is 2.1% of San Bernardino County roster mass
The county lists 60 departments totaling 1,856 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 87% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
7.69 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 39 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Reedsville Fire Department, WI (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 39 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.