Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderWatsonville Fire Department
Watsonville, CA · Santa Cruz County. Watsonville Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations and 67 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.
- 67
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Watsonville Fire Department pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount well above the California average.
- Top 9%
- national personnel size
- +81%
- 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.
Watsonville Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Watsonville, CA (Santa Cruz County), with 2 stations and 67 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,114 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,114 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #131 of 721
- 2.99 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 14 other listed departments in Santa Cruz County
Watsonville Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
67 Top 9% higher than 91% 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 44080 · Watsonville Fire Department, CA 67 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 67
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #2,114
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ City of Oswego Fi…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: City of Oswego Fire Department - East Side Station, 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.
- Watsonville (this dept) 67
- High Worley Fire Distr…, ID 67
- Near City of Oswego Fi…, NY 67
- Near Kinzer Fire Compa…, PA 67
- Near Shinglehouse Volu…, PA 67
Department Profile
- Type
- PAID
- Location
- Watsonville, CA
- County
- Santa Cruz County
- FDID
- 44080
Staffing vs the California average
How Watsonville Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #131 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,114 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 geometry
Santa Cruz County HIFLD mix around Watsonville Fire Department
Santa Cruz County: 22 departments, 587 personnel (5 volunteer / 9 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 23% of departments. County / state rollup.
2.99 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 67 roster).
Photo-finish peer: City of Oswego Fire Department - East Side Station, NY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 67 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.