Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderViejas Fire Department
Alpine, CA · San Diego County. Viejas Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 22 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.
- 22
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Viejas Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the California average.
- 28th pct.
- national personnel size
- -41%
- vs. California average
- 1
- station
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.
Viejas Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Alpine, CA (San Diego County), with 1 station and 22 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #16,047 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #16,047 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #499 of 721
- 4.55 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 63 other listed departments in San Diego County
Viejas Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
22 Top 72% higher than 28% 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 37235 · Viejas Fire Department, CA 22 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 22
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #16,047
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Pickett Post-Camp…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Pickett Post-Camp Oak Fire Department, SC (+ 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.
- Viejas (this dept) 22
- High Boyd Volunteer, MN 22
- Near Pickett Post-Camp…, SC 22
- Near Sawtooth Valley R…, ID 22
- Near Schofield, WI 22
Department Profile
- Type
- PAID
- Location
- Alpine, CA
- County
- San Diego County
- FDID
- 37235
Staffing vs the California average
How Viejas Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #499 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #16,047 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 346
- CA departments
- 1,309
County roster fringe
Viejas Fire Department is 0.6% of San Diego County roster mass
The county lists 83 departments totaling 3,721 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 87% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
4.55 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 22 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Pickett Post-Camp Oak Fire Department, SC (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 22 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.