Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderWoodlake Fire Protection District
Woodlake, CA · Tulare County. Woodlake Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 19 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.
- 19
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Woodlake Fire Protection District pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the California average.
- 19th pct.
- national personnel size
- -49%
- 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.
Woodlake Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department serving Woodlake, CA (Tulare County), with 1 station and 19 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #18,251 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #18,251 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #556 of 721
- 5.26 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 10 other listed departments in Tulare County
Woodlake Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
19 Top 81% higher than 19% 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 54065 · Woodlake Fire Protection District, CA 19 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 19
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #18,251
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Ada Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Ada Volunteer Fire Department, MN (+ 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.
- Woodlake Fire Pro… (this dept) 19
- High Earlington, KY 19
- Near Ada Volunteer, MN 19
- Near Shelly, MN 19
- Near Franklin Township, OH 19
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Woodlake, CA
- County
- Tulare County
- FDID
- 54065
Staffing vs the California average
How Woodlake Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #556 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #18,251 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
Woodlake Fire Protection District is 2.3% of Tulare County roster mass
The county lists 16 departments totaling 819 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 88% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
5.26 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 19 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Ada Volunteer Fire Department, MN (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 19 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.