Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderMountain Home Air Force Base Fire Department
Mountain Home Air Force Base, ID · Elmore County. Mountain Home Air Force Base Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations and 79 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.
- 79
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Mountain Home Air Force Base Fire Department pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Idaho average.
- Top 7%
- national personnel size
- +365%
- vs. Idaho average
- 2
- 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.
Mountain Home Air Force Base Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Mountain Home Air Force Base, ID (Elmore County), with 2 stations and 79 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,525 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #1,525 of 22,440
- ID personnel rank #6 of 152
- 2.53 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 5 other listed departments in Elmore County
Mountain Home Air Force Base Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
79 Top 7% higher than 93% 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 F7020 · Mountain Home Air Force Base Fire Department, ID 79 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 79
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #1,525
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Macdill Air Force…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Macdill Air Force Base Fire Department-Dod, FL (+ 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 ID department.
- Mountain Home Air… (this dept) 79
- High Aboite Township V…, IN 79
- Near Macdill Air Force…, FL 79
- Near North Metro Fire…, CO 79
- Near Rural/Metro, OR 79
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Mountain Home Air Force Base, ID
- County
- Elmore County
- FDID
- F7020
Staffing vs the Idaho average
How Mountain Home Air Force Base Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Idaho. In-state it ranks #6 of 152 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,525 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 23
- ID departments
- 292
County roster weight
Mountain Home Air Force Base Fire Department carries 45.9% of Elmore County HIFLD personnel
Among 8 listed departments (172 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 50% of the county count. County / state rollup.
2.53 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 79 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Macdill Air Force Base Fire Department-Dod, FL (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 79 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every ID department.