Department profile
Career (Paid)Gila Bend Air Force Auxiliary Field Fire Department-Dod
Gila Bend, AZ · Maricopa County. Gila Bend Air Force Auxiliary Field Fire Department-Dod is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 29 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 29
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Gila Bend Air Force Auxiliary Field Fire Department-Dod pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Arizona average.
- Top 49%
- national personnel size
- +16%
- 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.
Gila Bend Air Force Auxiliary Field Fire Department-Dod is a Career (Paid) department serving Gila Bend, AZ (Maricopa County), with 1 station and 29 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #11,047 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #11,047 of 22,440
- AZ personnel rank #89 of 191
- 3.45 stations per 100 personnel
- 39 other listed departments in Maricopa County
Gila Bend Air Force Auxiliary Field Fire Department-Dod 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 08097 · Gila Bend Air Force Auxiliary Field Fire Department-Dod, AZ 29 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-UNK · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 29
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-MID #11,047
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bostic Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Bostic Volunteer Fire Department, NC (+ 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.
- Gila Bend Air For… (this dept) 29
- High Forest City, NC 29
- Near Bostic Volunteer, NC 29
- Near Rolla Fire and Re…, MO 29
- Near Doolittle Rural F…, MO 29
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Gila Bend, AZ
- County
- Maricopa County
- FDID
- 08097
Staffing vs the Arizona average
How Gila Bend Air Force Auxiliary Field Fire Department-Dod's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arizona. In-state it ranks #89 of 191 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #11,047 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
Gila Bend Air Force Auxiliary Field Fire Department-Dod is 1.8% 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.
3.45 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 29 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Bostic Volunteer Fire Department, NC (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 29 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AZ department.