Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) · California

County Fire Districts

San Bernardino, CA · ~924 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
15.6
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

County Fire Districts runs at 487% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) workplace, earning a grade F.

County Fire Districts: 15.6 TCR = 487% of Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS 3.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

County Fire Districts safety composite

County Fire Districts scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 23%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).

F

33/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 15.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 23% of industry peers

DART rate
F 6.93 per 100 workers

Safer than 32% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% of industry peers

Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).

Rising injury rate

County Fire Districts: 9.8 → 21.4 TCR

Peak year 2020 @ 21.4 TCR · DART/TCR 0.44× in 2020

County Fire Districts's TCR rose 11.6 from 9.8 in 2019 to 21.4 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 0.44× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922160 · San Bernardino, CA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 15.6 · 487% of ind

  • DART 6.9 DART
  • RANK #42/87
  • PHOTO Fire Department
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 230 inj
  • SIZE ~924 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Fire Department (0.0 TCR gap)

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County Fire Districts in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows County Fire Districts averages 15.6 TCR (487% of the Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

County Fire Districts TCR series: 2019=9.8 · 2020=21.4 · BLS 3.2

Where County Fire Districts falls in its industry

793 Fire departments (e.g., govern establishments

Safer than 23% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 9.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #42 safest of 87 Fire departments (e.g., govern employers in California.

County Fire Districts (924 employees, TCR 15.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 02004006008001,000 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate County Fire Districts
County Fire Districts (924 employees, TCR 15.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8

County Fire Districts has more employees than the Fire departments (e.g., government, volu median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 9.8. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2020 21.4 6.9 98 152 0
2019 9.8 4.8 132 5 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · CA · San Bernardino

793 Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 332 employers in San Bernardino, CA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Fire Department 15.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fire and EMS Station 15.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fire 15.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Joliet Fire Department 15.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Pan-Pacific Mechanical 924 FTE
STATE-SIZE AVMC LLC dba BLACKSTONE TOYOTA OF FRESNO 924 FTE
STATE-SIZE CAVSI - VISALIA HUB 924 FTE
STATE-SIZE Ono-042 925 FTE
CITY-NEAR Sheriff Department 3,321 FTE
CITY-NEAR North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : ONT2 2,856 FTE
CITY-NEAR Transitional Assistance Department 2,824 FTE
CITY-NEAR Amazon Transportation Services : ONT5 2,475 FTE
NAT-TCR 1390 LKQ York Haven 15.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Arbor - Sycamore Sd 427 15.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 4186-DC206 15.6 TCR
NAT-TCR 173588-Hmd-Munster Br 15.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE Federated Investors - FIT 924 FTE
NAT-SIZE Arizona Department Of Corrections Perryville 924 FTE
NAT-SIZE 2904-SAS-PA 924 FTE
NAT-SIZE Wenatchee Valley Hospital 924 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2020, 2019. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.