Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderValero Fire Department
Benicia, CA · Solano County. Valero Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 3 stations and 58 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.
- 58
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Valero Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the California average.
- Top 13%
- national personnel size
- +57%
- 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.
Valero Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Benicia, CA (Solano County), with 3 stations and 58 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,866 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,866 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #159 of 721
- 5.17 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 12 other listed departments in Solano County
Valero Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
58 Top 13% higher than 87% 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 48095 · Valero Fire Department, CA 58 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 58
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #2,866
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Texarkana Arkansas
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Texarkana Arkansas Fire Department, AR (+ 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.
- Valero (this dept) 58
- High Freeville, NY 58
- Near Texarkana Arkansas, AR 58
- Near Choctaw, MS 58
- Near Wyandanch Volunte…, NY 58
Department Profile
- Type
- PAID
- Location
- Benicia, CA
- County
- Solano County
- FDID
- 48095
Staffing vs the California average
How Valero Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #159 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,866 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
Valero Fire Department is 7.6% of Solano County roster mass
The county lists 21 departments totaling 766 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 90% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
5.17 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 58 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Texarkana Arkansas Fire Department, AR (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 58 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.