Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderJoseph City Fire Department
Joseph City, AZ · Navajo County. Joseph City Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 28 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.
- 28
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Joseph City Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Arizona average.
- 48th pct.
- national personnel size
- +12%
- 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.
Joseph City Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Joseph City, AZ (Navajo County), with 1 station and 28 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #11,563 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #11,563 of 22,440
- AZ personnel rank #97 of 191
- 3.57 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 18 other listed departments in Navajo County
Joseph City Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
28 Top 52% higher than 48% 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 10042 · Joseph City Fire Department, AZ 28 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 28
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #11,563
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Loyal Fire Depart…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Loyal Fire Department / Loyal Ambulance Service, WI (+ 0 personnel)
Volunteer 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.
- Joseph City (this dept) 28
- High Lyndora Volunteer…, PA 28
- Near Loyal Fire Depart…, WI 28
- Near Orange Cove Fire…, CA 28
- Near Chili Fremont Vol…, WI 28
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Joseph City, AZ
- County
- Navajo County
- FDID
- 10042
Staffing vs the Arizona average
How Joseph City Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arizona. In-state it ranks #97 of 191 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #11,563 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
Joseph City Fire Department is 5.7% of Navajo County roster mass
The county lists 25 departments totaling 492 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 84% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
3.57 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 28 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Loyal Fire Department / Loyal Ambulance Service, WI (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 28 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AZ department.