Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderCity of el Mirage Fire Department
El Mirage, AZ · Maricopa County. City of el Mirage Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 18 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.
- 18
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
City of el Mirage Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Arizona average.
- 18th pct.
- national personnel size
- -28%
- vs. Arizona average
- 1
- station
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.
City of el Mirage Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving El Mirage, AZ (Maricopa County), with 1 station and 18 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #18,376 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #18,376 of 22,440
- AZ personnel rank #143 of 191
- 5.56 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 39 other listed departments in Maricopa County
City of el Mirage Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
18 Top 82% higher than 18% 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 08072 · City of el Mirage Fire Department, AZ 18 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 18
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #18,376
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ West Hill
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: West Hill Fire Department, NY (+ 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 AZ department.
- City of el Mirage (this dept) 18
- High Clarksville Volun…, MO 18
- Near West Hill, NY 18
- Near Oak Grove Volunte…, AR 18
- Near East Greenwich Fi…, NJ 18
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- El Mirage, AZ
- County
- Maricopa County
- FDID
- 08072
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | EMW2008FF00467 | $-85,788 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Arizona average
How City of el Mirage Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arizona. In-state it ranks #143 of 191 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #18,376 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 91
- AZ departments
- 322
County roster fringe
City of el Mirage Fire Department is 1.1% 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.
5.56 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 18 roster).
Photo-finish peer: West Hill Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 18 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AZ department.