Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderWest Almanor Community Services District
Chester, CA · Plumas County. West Almanor Community Services District is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 16 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.
- 16
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
West Almanor Community Services District pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well below the California average.
- 11th pct.
- national personnel size
- -57%
- 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.
West Almanor Community Services District is a Volunteer department serving Chester, CA (Plumas County), with 1 station and 16 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #19,896 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #19,896 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #614 of 721
- 6.25 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 21 other listed departments in Plumas County
West Almanor Community Services District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
16 Top 89% higher than 11% 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 32042 · West Almanor Community Services District, CA 16 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 16
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #19,896
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Cushman Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Cushman Volunteer Fire Department, AR (+ 0 personnel)
Volunteer 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.
- West Almanor Comm… (this dept) 16
- High Stratford Hollow, NH 16
- Near Cushman Volunteer, AR 16
- Near Wetumka, OK 16
- Near Lake Norden, SD 16
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Chester, CA
- County
- Plumas County
- FDID
- 32042
Staffing vs the California average
How West Almanor Community Services District's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #614 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #19,896 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
West Almanor Community Services District is 4.8% of Plumas County roster mass
The county lists 25 departments totaling 335 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 84% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
6.25 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 16 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Cushman Volunteer Fire Department, AR (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 16 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.