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Golden Valley Fire Department

Golden Valley, AZ · Mohave County. Golden Valley Fire Department is a fire department and 26 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.

26
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Golden Valley Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Arizona average.

44th pct.
national personnel size
+4%
vs. Arizona average

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.

F
PlainFireData Composite Score
0/100
Golden Valley 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
No station count on file for this department
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
26 personnel

Golden Valley Fire Department is a fire department serving Golden Valley, AZ (Mohave County) and 26 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #12,583 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #12,583 of 22,440
  • AZ personnel rank #108 of 191
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 15 other listed departments in Mohave County

Golden Valley Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

26 Top 56% higher than 44% 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 AZ-GOLDEN-VALLEY-FIRE-DEPARTMENT-AZ · Golden Valley Fire Department, AZ 26 personnel

PERS-SMALL · STA-UNK · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-SMALL 26
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-MID #12,583
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Alna Volunteer
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 2/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Alna Volunteer Fire Department, ME (+ 0 personnel)

Instrument codes from this department’s HIFLD personnel and station counts, staffing type, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer department, FEMA AFG/SAFER book, and field completeness, not a readiness rating.

Personnel neighbourhood

Nationwide HIFLD headcount poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every AZ department.

Department Profile

Type
Location
Golden Valley, AZ
Ambulances
1

Staffing vs the Arizona average

How Golden Valley Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arizona. In-state it ranks #108 of 191 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #12,583 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 4% above the state average
Stations
Not reported
State fire deaths/yr
91
AZ departments
322

County roster fringe

Golden Valley Fire Department is 3.5% 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.

Photo-finish peer: Alna Volunteer Fire Department, ME (+0 personnel).

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

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Fort Mohave · career
Golden Shores Fire Department
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Grapevine Mesa Fire District
Meadview · volunteer
Kingman Fire Department
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Nationwide departments near 26 personnel

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

Alna Volunteer Fire Department, ME 26 Arcola Fire Protection District - Westside Fire Station, IL 26 Armington Community Fire Protection District, IL 26 Ashley Fire Protection District, IL 26

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Golden Valley Fire Department have?

Golden Valley Fire Department has 26 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 4% above the Arizona average of 25 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #12,583 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within AZ, it ranks #108 of 191 by personnel.

Does Golden Valley Fire Department provide EMS services?

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

How many fire stations does Golden Valley Fire Department operate?

Station count data for Golden Valley Fire Department is not available in the HIFLD database.

What type of fire department is Golden Valley Fire Department?

Golden Valley Fire Department is a fire department serving Mohave County, AZ.

How many fire departments are in Arizona?

Arizona has 322 fire departments with 7,987 total personnel. 35% are volunteer departments.

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