Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderFry Fire District
Sierra Vista, AZ · Cochise County. Fry Fire District is a Career (Paid) department, 3 stations and 52 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.
- 52
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Fry Fire District pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Arizona average.
- Top 16%
- national personnel size
- +108%
- vs. Arizona average
- 3
- stations
- $889,963
- 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.
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.
Fry Fire District is a Career (Paid) department serving Sierra Vista, AZ (Cochise County), with 3 stations and 52 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,574 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $889,963.
- National personnel rank #3,574 of 22,440
- AZ personnel rank #23 of 191
- 5.77 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 23 other listed departments in Cochise County
Fry Fire District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
52 Top 16% higher than 84% 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 02193 · Fry Fire District, AZ 52 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 52
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #3,574
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Hillsdale Volunte…
- FEMA-MID $890K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Hillsdale Volunteer Fire Department, NJ (+ 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.
- Fry Fire District (this dept) 52
- High Ordway Volunteer, CO 52
- Near Hillsdale Volunte…, NJ 52
- Near Centennial Fire D…, MN 52
- Near Eagle Rock Volunt…, VA 52
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Sierra Vista, AZ
- County
- Cochise County
- FDID
- 02193
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | EMW-2024-FG-02159 | $171,428.57 |
| 2018 | EMW2016FH00240 | $416,042.99 |
| 2015 | EMW2014FR00368 | $302,491 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Arizona average
How Fry Fire District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arizona. In-state it ranks #23 of 191 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,574 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 91
- AZ departments
- 322
County roster fringe
Fry Fire District is 9.8% of Cochise County roster mass
The county lists 31 departments totaling 529 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 61% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
5.77 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 52 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Hillsdale Volunteer Fire Department, NJ (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 52 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AZ department.