Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderYuba City Fire Department
Yuba City, CA · Sutter County. Yuba City Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 5 stations and 61 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.
- 61
- Total personnel
- 5
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Yuba City Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the California average.
- Top 11%
- national personnel size
- +65%
- vs. California average
- 5
- stations
- $3,915,647
- FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record
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.
Yuba City Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Yuba City, CA (Sutter County), with 5 stations and 61 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,542 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $3,915,647.
- National personnel rank #2,542 of 22,440
- CA personnel rank #146 of 721
- 8.20 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 7 other listed departments in Sutter County
Yuba City Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
61 Top 11% higher than 89% 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 51040 · Yuba City Fire Department, CA 61 personnel · 5 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 61
- STA-FEW 5 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #2,542
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Henderson
- FEMA-MID $3.9M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Henderson Fire Department, KY (+ 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.
- Yuba City (this dept) 61
- High McChord Air Force…, WA 61
- Near Henderson, KY 61
- Near Upper Salford Fir…, PA 61
- Near Charlton, NY 61
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY PAID
- Location
- Yuba City, CA
- County
- Sutter County
- FDID
- 51040
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | EMW-2021-FF-00991 | $1,199,700 |
| 2017 | EMW-2017-FH-00513 | $1,137,349.33 |
| 2015 | EMW2014FH00444 | $1,578,600 |
| 2008 | EMW2007FF01415 | $-2 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the California average
How Yuba City Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in California. In-state it ranks #146 of 721 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,542 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 5
- State fire deaths/yr
- 346
- CA departments
- 1,309
County roster weight
Yuba City Fire Department carries 56.5% of Sutter County HIFLD personnel
Among 9 listed departments (108 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 56% of the county count. County / state rollup.
8.20 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (5 stations / 61 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Henderson Fire Department, KY (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 61 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every CA department.