Houston Mesa Fire Department

What This Data Tells You About Houston Mesa Fire Department

Houston Mesa Fire Department operates as a Volunteer department in Payson, within Gila County, and the HIFLD and USFA records give a precise structural picture of its response capacity. The department reports 13 total personnel, 1 station, no truck inventory reported. EMS capability is listed as active.

Benchmarking against the state gives this profile context. Arizona has 322 registered fire departments and 7,987 total personnel, averaging roughly 25 staff per department. Houston Mesa Fire Department runs 48% below that state average, signalling a leaner crew typical of smaller jurisdictions or heavily volunteer-staffed areas. The state records about 36,800 fires, 91 fire deaths, and 35% volunteer coverage each year, which shapes training, funding priorities, and mutual-aid patterns felt at every department in the state.

No FEMA AFG or SAFER grant awards are recorded against this department's FDID in USAspending data, which is common for smaller or volunteer-heavy organizations that lean on state and local funding instead.