Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Nogales Suburban Fire District

Nogales, AZ · Santa Cruz County. Nogales Suburban Fire District is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 15 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.

15
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Nogales Suburban Fire District pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Arizona average.

9th pct.
national personnel size
-40%
vs. Arizona 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.

F
PlainFireData Composite Score
6/100
Nogales Suburban Fire District

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 F
7.5 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
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
15 personnel · 2 stations

Nogales Suburban Fire District is a Volunteer department serving Nogales, AZ (Santa Cruz County), with 2 stations and 15 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #20,362 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #20,362 of 22,440
  • AZ personnel rank #161 of 191
  • 13.33 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 6 other listed departments in Santa Cruz County

Nogales Suburban Fire District vs. the national personnel distribution

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

15 Top 91% higher than 9% of 22,440 departments

Listable U.S. fire departments, banded by total personnel

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more departments. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source HIFLD fire-station registry · 2026-09-06

Dispatch plate

Sheet 13022 · Nogales Suburban Fire District, AZ 15 personnel · 2 stations

PERS-MICRO · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MICRO 15
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #20,362
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Keyes
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Keyes Fire Department, OK (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
Location
Nogales, AZ
FDID
13022

Staffing vs the Arizona average

How Nogales Suburban Fire District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arizona. In-state it ranks #161 of 191 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #20,362 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 40% below the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
91
AZ departments
322

County roster fringe

Nogales Suburban Fire District is 6.4% of Santa Cruz County roster mass

The county lists 10 departments totaling 235 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 100% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

13.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 15 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Keyes Fire Department, OK (+0 personnel).

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

Nearby Departments

Rio Rico Fire District
Rio Rico · career
Sonoita Elgin Fire District
Sonoita · volunteer
Tubac Fire District
Sonoita · other
Tubac Fire District
Tubac · career
All AZ departments →

Nationwide volunteer peers near 15 personnel

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