Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderVallejo Fire Department
Vallejo, CA · Solano County. Vallejo Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 8 stations and 120 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.
- 120
- Total personnel
- 8
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Vallejo Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the California average.
- Top 3%
- national personnel size
- +224%
- vs. California average
- 8
- stations
- $14,556,677
- 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.
Vallejo Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Vallejo, CA (Solano County), with 8 stations and 120 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #682 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $14,556,677.
- National personnel rank #682 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #55 of 721
- 6.67 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 12 other listed departments in Solano County
Vallejo Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
120 Top 3% higher than 97% 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 48070 · Vallejo Fire Department, CA 120 personnel · 8 stations
PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-HEAVY · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 120
- STA-MULTI 8 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #682
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Poestenkill Fire…
- FEMA-HEAVY $14.6M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Poestenkill Fire Company, 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.
- Vallejo (this dept) 120
- High Lake Carmel, NY 120
- Near Poestenkill Fire…, NY 120
- Near Edmond, OK 120
- Near North Shore, WI 120
Department Profile
- Type
- PAID
- Location
- Vallejo, CA
- County
- Solano County
- FDID
- 48070
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | EMW-2024-FF-01576 | $2,911,896.29 |
| 2020 | EMW-2020-FF-01231 | $5,852,976.7 |
| 2019 | EMW-2019-FG-09385 | $572,727 |
| 2018 | EMW-2018-FH-00278 | $2,934,737.81 |
| 2017 | EMW2016FH00452 | $2,120,113.73 |
| 2017 | EMW2016FO05019 | $222,555 |
| 2012 | EMW2011FH01072 | $-58,295 |
| 2011 | EMW2010FH01141 | $-35 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the California average
How Vallejo Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #55 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #682 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 8
- State fire deaths/yr
- 346
- CA departments
- 1,309
County roster geometry
Solano County HIFLD mix around Vallejo Fire Department
Solano County: 21 departments, 766 personnel (7 volunteer / 7 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 90% of departments. County / state rollup.
6.67 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (8 stations / 120 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Poestenkill Fire Company, NY (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 120 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.