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Chinle Fire and Rescue Department

Chinle, AZ · Apache County. Chinle Fire and Rescue Department is a fire department and 14 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.

14
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Chinle Fire and Rescue Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Arizona average.

8th pct.
national personnel size
-44%
vs. Arizona average

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.

F
PlainFireData Composite Score
0/100
Chinle Fire and Rescue Department

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
No station count on file for this department
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
14 personnel

Chinle Fire and Rescue Department is a fire department serving Chinle, AZ (Apache County) and 14 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #20,677 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #20,677 of 22,440
  • AZ personnel rank #167 of 191
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 14 other listed departments in Apache County

Chinle Fire and Rescue Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

14 Top 92% higher than 8% 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 AZ-CHINLE-FIRE-AND-RESCUE-DEPARTMENT-AZ · Chinle Fire and Rescue Department, AZ 14 personnel

PERS-MICRO · STA-UNK · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-MICRO 14
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #20,677
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ 1st Rural Fire De…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 2/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: 1st Rural Fire Department of Lincoln, KS (+ 0 personnel)

Instrument codes from this department’s HIFLD personnel and station counts, staffing type, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer department, FEMA AFG/SAFER book, and field completeness, not a readiness rating.

Personnel neighbourhood

Nationwide HIFLD headcount poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every AZ department.

Department Profile

Type
Location
Chinle, AZ
Ambulances
1

Staffing vs the Arizona average

How Chinle Fire and Rescue Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arizona. In-state it ranks #167 of 191 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #20,677 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 44% below the state average
Stations
Not reported
State fire deaths/yr
91
AZ departments
322

County roster fringe

Chinle Fire and Rescue Department is 6.5% of Apache County roster mass

The county lists 17 departments totaling 215 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 88% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

Photo-finish peer: 1st Rural Fire Department of Lincoln, KS (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

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Nationwide departments near 14 personnel

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

1st Rural Fire Department of Lincoln, KS 14 Ada Ottawa Lincoln, KS 14 Alexandria Township Fire Department, KS 14 Angelina River Volunteer Fire Department, TX 14

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Chinle Fire and Rescue Department have?

Chinle Fire and Rescue Department has 14 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 44% below the Arizona average of 25 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #20,677 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within AZ, it ranks #167 of 191 by personnel.

Does Chinle Fire and Rescue Department provide EMS services?

Yes, Chinle Fire and Rescue Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Chinle Fire and Rescue Department operate?

Station count data for Chinle Fire and Rescue Department is not available in the HIFLD database.

What type of fire department is Chinle Fire and Rescue Department?

Chinle Fire and Rescue Department is a fire department serving Apache County, AZ.

How many fire departments are in Arizona?

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

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