Department profile
Career (Paid)Ventura County Federal Fire Department-Dod
Port Hueneme, CA · Ventura County. Ventura County Federal Fire Department-Dod is a Career (Paid) department, 5 stations and 86 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 86
- Total personnel
- 5
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Ventura County Federal Fire Department-Dod pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the California average.
- Top 6%
- national personnel size
- +132%
- vs. California average
- 5
- 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.
Ventura County Federal Fire Department-Dod is a Career (Paid) department serving Port Hueneme, CA (Ventura County), with 5 stations and 86 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,287 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #1,287 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #90 of 721
- 5.81 stations per 100 personnel
- 6 other listed departments in Ventura County
Ventura County Federal Fire Department-Dod vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
86 Top 6% higher than 94% 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 56810 · Ventura County Federal Fire Department-Dod, CA 86 personnel · 5 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-UNK · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-MID 86
- STA-FEW 5 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-TOP #1,287
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ United Fire and R…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: United Fire and Rescue District - Baldwin Station, 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.
- Ventura County Fe… (this dept) 86
- High Shaw Air Force Ba…, SC 86
- Near United Fire and R…, WI 86
- Near Stony Brook, NY 86
- Near North Amityville…, NY 86
Department Profile
- Type
- PAID
- Location
- Port Hueneme, CA
- County
- Ventura County
- FDID
- 56810
Staffing vs the California average
How Ventura County Federal Fire Department-Dod's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #90 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,287 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 5
- State fire deaths/yr
- 346
- CA departments
- 1,309
County roster fringe
Ventura County Federal Fire Department-Dod is 9.5% of Ventura County roster mass
The county lists 10 departments totaling 904 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 80% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
5.81 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (5 stations / 86 roster).
Photo-finish peer: United Fire and Rescue District - Baldwin Station, WI (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 86 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.