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Buckeye Valley Fire District

Buckeye, AZ · Maricopa County. Buckeye Valley Fire District is a Volunteer department, 7 stations and 107 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.

107
Total personnel
7
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Buckeye Valley Fire District pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Arizona average.

Top 4%
national personnel size
+328%
vs. Arizona average
7
stations
$3,959,799
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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
22/100
Buckeye Valley Fire District

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.

Staffing capacity D
15.3 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
107 personnel · 7 stations

Buckeye Valley Fire District is a Volunteer department serving Buckeye, AZ (Maricopa County), with 7 stations and 107 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #811 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $3,959,799.

  • National personnel rank #811 of 22,440
  • AZ personnel rank #7 of 191
  • 6.54 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 39 other listed departments in Maricopa County

Buckeye Valley Fire District vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

107 Top 4% higher than 96% 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 08032 · Buckeye Valley Fire District, AZ 107 personnel · 7 stations

PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MID 107
  • STA-MULTI 7 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #811
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Greenacres Depart…
  • FEMA-MID $4.0M
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Greenacres Department of Public Safety, FL (+ 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 AZ department.

Department Profile

Type
MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
Location
Buckeye, AZ
FDID
08032

FEMA Grant History

$0
Cumulative funding (FY2009–2017)
0
Awards
Year Award Amount
2017 EMW2016FO04101 $249,764
2014 EMW2013FO02712 $187,579
2009 EMW-2009-FC-0325 $3,522,456

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the Arizona average

How Buckeye Valley Fire District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arizona. In-state it ranks #7 of 191 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #811 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 328% above the state average
Stations
7
State fire deaths/yr
91
AZ departments
322

County roster fringe

Buckeye Valley Fire District is 6.7% of Maricopa County roster mass

The county lists 52 departments totaling 1,586 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 85% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

6.54 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (7 stations / 107 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Greenacres Department of Public Safety, FL (+0 personnel).

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 107 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AZ department.

Greenacres Department of Public Safety, FL 107 Tamarac Fire and Rescue, FL 107 Boonton Fire Department - South Boonton Firehouse, NJ 107 Morehead Fire Department, KY 107 Westbrook Fire and Rescue, ME 107 Valley Chemical Fire Company, PA 107 Uniontown Fire Department, PA 107 Evergreen Fire and Rescue, CO 106

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Buckeye Valley Fire District have?

Buckeye Valley Fire District has 107 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 328% above the Arizona average of 25 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #811 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within AZ, it ranks #7 of 191 by personnel.

Does Buckeye Valley Fire District provide EMS services?

Yes, Buckeye Valley Fire District provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Buckeye Valley Fire District operate?

Buckeye Valley Fire District operates 7 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Buckeye Valley Fire District?

Buckeye Valley Fire District is a Volunteer department serving Maricopa County, AZ. Volunteer departments rely on community members who serve without full-time compensation.

Has Buckeye Valley Fire District received federal grants?

Yes, Buckeye Valley Fire District has received 3 FEMA grants totaling $3,959,799 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2009–2017 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2017.

How many fire departments are in Arizona?

Arizona has 322 fire departments with 7,987 total personnel. 35% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.