Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderWheeler Crest Fire Protection District
Bishop, CA · Mono County. Wheeler Crest Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 11 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.
- 11
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Wheeler Crest Fire Protection District pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well below the California average.
- 3rd pct.
- national personnel size
- -70%
- 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.
Wheeler Crest Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department serving Bishop, CA (Mono County), with 1 station and 11 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #21,800 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #21,800 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #678 of 721
- 9.09 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 12 other listed departments in Mono County
Wheeler Crest Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
11 Top 97% higher than 3% 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 26045 · Wheeler Crest Fire Protection District, CA 11 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MICRO 11
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #21,800
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Department of Vet…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center Fire Department, SD (+ 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.
- Wheeler Crest Fir… (this dept) 11
- High Clear Springs Fir…, SC 11
- Near Department of Vet…, SD 11
- Near Cottondale Volunt…, FL 11
- Near Jasonville Volunt…, IN 11
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Bishop, CA
- County
- Mono County
- FDID
- 26045
Staffing vs the California average
How Wheeler Crest Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #678 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #21,800 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
Wheeler Crest Fire Protection District is 3.7% of Mono County roster mass
The county lists 14 departments totaling 298 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 93% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
9.09 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 11 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center Fire Department, SD (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 11 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.