Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderWaterloo-Morada Rural Fire Protection District
Stockton, CA · San Joaquin County. Waterloo-Morada Rural Fire Protection District is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations and 26 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.
- 26
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Waterloo-Morada Rural Fire Protection District pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the California average.
- 42nd pct.
- national personnel size
- -30%
- vs. California average
- 2
- 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.
Waterloo-Morada Rural Fire Protection District is a Career (Paid) department serving Stockton, CA (San Joaquin County), with 2 stations and 26 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #12,941 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #12,941 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #443 of 721
- 7.69 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 22 other listed departments in San Joaquin County
Waterloo-Morada Rural Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
26 Top 58% higher than 42% 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 39105 · Waterloo-Morada Rural Fire Protection District, CA 26 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 26
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #12,941
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Great Bend Fire P…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Great Bend Fire Protection District, ND (+ 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.
- Waterloo-Morada R… (this dept) 26
- High Lidgerwood Fire P…, ND 26
- Near Great Bend Fire P…, ND 26
- Near Middlefield Volun…, NY 26
- Near Westfield Volunte…, WI 26
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY PAID
- Location
- Stockton, CA
- County
- San Joaquin County
- FDID
- 39105
Staffing vs the California average
How Waterloo-Morada Rural Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #443 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #12,941 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 346
- CA departments
- 1,309
County roster fringe
Waterloo-Morada Rural Fire Protection District is 2.9% of San Joaquin County roster mass
The county lists 29 departments totaling 892 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 93% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
7.69 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 26 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Great Bend Fire Protection District, ND (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 26 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.