Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderDesert Hills Fire Department
Lake Havasu City, AZ · Mohave County. Desert Hills Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 29 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.
- 29
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Desert Hills Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Arizona average.
- Top 49%
- national personnel size
- +16%
- 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.
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.
Desert Hills Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Lake Havasu City, AZ (Mohave County), with 2 stations and 29 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #11,010 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #11,010 of 22,440
- AZ personnel rank #88 of 191
- 6.90 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 15 other listed departments in Mohave County
Desert Hills Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
29 Top 49% higher than 51% 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 09051 · Desert Hills Fire Department, AZ 29 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 29
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #11,010
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bourbon County
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Bourbon County Fire Department, KY (+ 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.
- Desert Hills (this dept) 29
- High Bellview Volunteer, FL 29
- Near Bourbon County, KY 29
- Near Smithville, NY 29
- Near Broadus Volunteer, MT 29
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Lake Havasu City, AZ
- County
- Mohave County
- Ambulances
- 1
- FDID
- 09051
Staffing vs the Arizona average
How Desert Hills Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arizona. In-state it ranks #88 of 191 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #11,010 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 91
- AZ departments
- 322
County roster fringe
Desert Hills Fire Department is 3.9% of Mohave County roster mass
The county lists 29 departments totaling 741 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 100% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
6.90 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 29 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Bourbon County Fire Department, KY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 29 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AZ department.