Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderMetropolitan Washington Airport Authority Fire and Rescue Department
Arlington, VA · Arlington County. Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority Fire and Rescue Department is a Career (Paid) department, 3 stations and 140 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.
- 140
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority Fire and Rescue Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Virginia average.
- Top 2%
- national personnel size
- +324%
- vs. Virginia average
- 3
- stations
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.
Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority Fire and Rescue Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Arlington, VA (Arlington County), with 3 stations and 140 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #480 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #480 of 22,440
- VA personnel rank #17 of 414
- 2.14 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 3 other listed departments in Arlington County
Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority Fire and Rescue Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
140 Top 2% higher than 98% 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 92002 · Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority Fire and Rescue Department, VA 140 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 140
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #480
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ West Fourche
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: West Fourche Fire Department, AR (+ 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 VA department.
- Metropolitan Wash… (this dept) 140
- High Erlanger Fire and…, KY 140
- Near West Fourche, AR 140
- Near Saipan Internatio…, MP 140
- Near Village of Sleepy…, NY 140
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Arlington, VA
- County
- Arlington County
- FDID
- 92002
Staffing vs the Virginia average
How Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority Fire and Rescue Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Virginia. In-state it ranks #17 of 414 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #480 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 86
- VA departments
- 766
County roster weight
Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority Fire and Rescue Department carries 82.4% of Arlington County HIFLD personnel
Among 4 listed departments (170 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 0% of the county count. County / state rollup.
2.14 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 140 roster).
Photo-finish peer: West Fourche Fire Department, AR (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 140 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every VA department.