Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Farmington Fire Department

Farmington, NM · San Juan County. Farmington Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 6 stations and 88 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.

88
Total personnel
6
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Farmington Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the New Mexico average.

Top 5%
national personnel size
+529%
vs. New Mexico average
6
stations
$464,768
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
20/100
Farmington 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 D
14.7 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
88 personnel · 6 stations

Farmington Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Farmington, NM (San Juan County), with 6 stations and 88 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,217 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $464,768.

  • National personnel rank #1,217 of 22,440
  • NM personnel rank #6 of 197
  • 6.82 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 3 other listed departments in San Juan County

Farmington Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

88 Top 5% higher than 95% 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 45037 · Farmington Fire Department, NM 88 personnel · 6 stations

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

  • PERS-MID 88
  • STA-MULTI 6 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #1,217
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Decatur Township…
  • FEMA-LIGHT $465K
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Decatur Township Volunteer Fire Department, IN (+ 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 NM department.

Department Profile

Type
CAREER
Location
Farmington, NM
FDID
45037

FEMA Grant History

$0
Cumulative funding (FY2009–2012)
0
Awards
Year Award Amount
2012 EMW2011FO08288 $296,873
2009 EMW-2009-FO-1000 $167,895

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

Staffing vs the New Mexico average

How Farmington Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Mexico. In-state it ranks #6 of 197 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,217 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 529% above the state average
Stations
6
State fire deaths/yr
32
NM departments
446

County roster weight

Farmington Fire Department carries 49.4% of San Juan County HIFLD personnel

Among 9 listed departments (178 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 33% of the county count. County / state rollup.

6.82 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (6 stations / 88 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Decatur Township Volunteer Fire Department, IN (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Aztec Fire Department
Aztec · other
Bloomfield Fire Department
Bloomfield · volunteer
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Nationwide career peers near 88 personnel

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

Decatur Township Volunteer Fire Department, IN 88 Freeland Fire Department, PA 88 Westfall Volunteer Fire Department, PA 88 Middle Island Fire Department, NY 88 Frankfort Fire and Emergency Medical Services, KY 88 Rome Fire Department, NY 88 Placer County Fire Department, CA 88 Eastchester Fire Department, NY 88

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Farmington Fire Department have?

Farmington Fire Department has 88 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 529% above the New Mexico average of 14 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #1,217 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within NM, it ranks #6 of 197 by personnel.

Does Farmington Fire Department provide EMS services?

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

How many fire stations does Farmington Fire Department operate?

Farmington Fire Department operates 6 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Farmington Fire Department?

Farmington Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving San Juan County, NM. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

Has Farmington Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Farmington Fire Department has received 2 FEMA grants totaling $464,768 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2009–2012 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2012.

How many fire departments are in New Mexico?

New Mexico has 446 fire departments with 6,225 total personnel. 44% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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