Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

City of Nogales Fire Department

Nogales, AZ · Santa Cruz County. City of Nogales Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations and 48 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.

48
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

City of Nogales Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the Arizona average.

Top 19%
national personnel size
+92%
vs. Arizona average
2
stations

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.

B
PlainFireData Composite Score
63/100
City of Nogales Fire 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 C
24 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness B
4.5 vehicles per station (national median 2)
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
48 personnel · 2 stations

City of Nogales Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Nogales, AZ (Santa Cruz County), with 2 stations and 48 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,245 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #4,245 of 22,440
  • AZ personnel rank #30 of 191
  • 4.17 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 6 other listed departments in Santa Cruz County

City of Nogales Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

48 Top 19% higher than 81% 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 13012 · City of Nogales Fire Department, AZ 48 personnel · 2 stations

PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 48
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #4,245
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ East Meredith Vol…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: East Meredith Volunteer 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.

Department Profile

Type
CAREER
Location
Nogales, AZ
Ambulances
3
FDID
13012

Staffing vs the Arizona average

How City of Nogales Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arizona. In-state it ranks #30 of 191 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,245 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 92% above the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
91
AZ departments
322

County roster geometry

Santa Cruz County HIFLD mix around City of Nogales Fire Department

Santa Cruz County: 10 departments, 235 personnel (2 volunteer / 3 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 100% of departments. County / state rollup.

4.17 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 48 roster).

Photo-finish peer: East Meredith Volunteer Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).

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

Nearby Departments

Nogales Suburban Fire District
Nogales · volunteer
Rio Rico Fire District
Rio Rico · career
Sonoita Elgin Fire District
Sonoita · volunteer
Tubac Fire District
Sonoita · other
Tubac Fire District
Tubac · career
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Nationwide career peers near 48 personnel

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