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

Fire Department

Vallejo, CA · ~83 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
17.9
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Fire Department runs at 561% 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.

Fire Department: 17.9 TCR = 561% of Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS 3.2 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fire Department safety composite

Fire Department scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 16%), 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

25/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 17.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 16% of industry peers

DART rate
F 11.52 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% 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%).

TCR Δ

−1.0

2018→2021

Fire Department injury rate improved

Fire Department's TCR fell 1.0 from 15.8 in 2018 to 14.8 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2019 at 23.2 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.64× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=15.8 · 2019=23.2 · 2021=14.8

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922160 · Vallejo, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 17.9 · 561% of ind

  • DART 11.5 DART
  • RANK #49/87
  • PHOTO Village of Streamwood
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 66 inj
  • SIZE ~83 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Village of Streamwood (0.0 TCR gap)

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Fire Department in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Fire Department averages 17.9 TCR (561% 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

Fire Department TCR series: 2018=15.8 · 2019=23.2 · 2021=14.8 · BLS 3.2

Where Fire Department falls in its industry

793 Fire departments (e.g., govern establishments

Safer than 16% 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 #49 safest of 87 Fire departments (e.g., govern employers in California.

Fire Department (83 employees, TCR 17.9) 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 0200400600800 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Fire Department
Fire Department (83 employees, TCR 17.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8

Fire Department 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
2021 14.8 11.5 26 1 0
2019 23.2 13.4 21 5 0
2018 15.8 11.6 19 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · CA · Vallejo

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 · 118 employers in Vallejo, 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 Village of Streamwood 17.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fire 17.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR DeKalb Fire Department 18.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Westbrook Fire Department 18.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE Sunny Slope Trees 83 FTE
STATE-SIZE Stone Land Co. (Grangeville) 83 FTE
STATE-SIZE Stone Land Co. (Stratford Shop) 83 FTE
STATE-SIZE Stone Land Co. (Lemoore Shop) 83 FTE
CITY-NEAR California Department of Transportation Facility 96 2,891 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2032-02121351 2,446 FTE
CITY-NEAR 02821351 VALLEJO HOSPITAL TOWER 1,635 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0206-02621351 1,632 FTE
NAT-TCR Village of Streamwood 17.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 11 Bend 17.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 6458-ZAST 17.9 TCR
NAT-TCR F&B Landscaping 17.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Central Egg Products 83 FTE
NAT-SIZE Asplundh Tree Expert LLC-092 83 FTE
NAT-SIZE Osmundson Mfg Co 83 FTE
NAT-SIZE LL-Woodhaven CSC 83 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: 2021, 2019, 2018. 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.