Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderVacaville Fire Department
Vacaville, CA · Solano County. Vacaville Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 4 stations and 78 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.
- 78
- Total personnel
- 4
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Vacaville Fire Department pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the California average.
- Top 7%
- national personnel size
- +111%
- vs. California average
- 4
- stations
- $2,883,921
- 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.
Vacaville Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Vacaville, CA (Solano County), with 4 stations and 78 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,570 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $2,883,921.
- National personnel rank #1,570 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #106 of 721
- 5.13 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 12 other listed departments in Solano County
Vacaville Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
78 Top 7% higher than 93% 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 48060 · Vacaville Fire Department, CA 78 personnel · 4 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 78
- STA-FEW 4 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #1,570
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bath Volunteer
- FEMA-MID $2.9M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Bath Volunteer Fire Department, NY (+ 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.
- Vacaville (this dept) 78
- High Pierre, SD 78
- Near Bath Volunteer, NY 78
- Near Mount Sinai, NY 78
- Near Laurel Fire Depar…, DE 78
Department Profile
- Type
- PAID
- Location
- Vacaville, CA
- County
- Solano County
- FDID
- 48060
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | EMW-2021-FG-00438 | $491,705.45 |
| 2017 | EMW2016FR00171 | $1,642,571 |
| 2014 | EMW2013FO04563 | $233,610 |
| 2012 | EMW-2012-FO-0532 | $516,035 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the California average
How Vacaville Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #106 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,570 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 4
- State fire deaths/yr
- 346
- CA departments
- 1,309
County roster geometry
Solano County HIFLD mix around Vacaville Fire Department
Solano County: 21 departments, 766 personnel (7 volunteer / 7 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 90% of departments. County / state rollup.
5.13 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 78 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Bath Volunteer Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 78 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.