Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Vallejo 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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
21/100
Vallejo Fire Department

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.

Staffing capacity D
15 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
120 personnel · 8 stations

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.

Department Profile

Type
PAID
Location
Vallejo, CA
FDID
48070

FEMA Grant History

$0
Cumulative funding (FY2011–2024)
0
Awards
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.

▲ 224% above the state average
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).

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Nationwide career peers near 120 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.