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Northwest Fire District

Tucson, AZ · Pima County. Northwest Fire District is a fire department and 6 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.

6
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Northwest Fire District pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well below the Arizona average.

0th pct.
national personnel size
-76%
vs. Arizona average
$11,265,461
FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record

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
PlainFireData Composite Score
100/100
Northwest 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
No station count on file for this department
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment A
$1,877,577 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
6 personnel

Northwest Fire District is a fire department serving Tucson, AZ (Pima County) and 6 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #22,347 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $11,265,461.

  • National personnel rank #22,347 of 22,440
  • AZ personnel rank #184 of 191
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 22 other listed departments in Pima County

Northwest Fire District vs. the national personnel distribution

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

6 Top 100% in the bottom 1% 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 AZ-NORTHWEST-FIRE-DISTRICT-AZ · Northwest Fire District, AZ 6 personnel

PERS-MICRO · STA-UNK · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-HEAVY · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-MICRO 6
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #22,347
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Castroville Volun…
  • FEMA-HEAVY $11.3M
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Castroville Volunteer Fire Department, TX (+ 0 personnel)

Instrument codes from this department’s HIFLD personnel and station counts, staffing type, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer department, FEMA AFG/SAFER book, and field completeness, not a readiness rating.

Personnel neighbourhood

Nationwide HIFLD headcount poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every AZ department.

Department Profile

Type
Location
Tucson, AZ

FEMA Grant History

$11.3M
Cumulative funding (FY2010–2019)
6
Awards
Year Award Amount
2019 EMW-2019-FG-00112 $2,838,021.45
2019 EMW-2019-FF-00063 $2,302,161
2016 EMW2015FH00605 $3,487,680
2014 EMW2013FH00468 $1,564,252
2013 EMW2012FO04180 $270,459
2010 EMW-2010-FO-0127 $802,888

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the Arizona average

How Northwest Fire District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arizona. In-state it ranks #184 of 191 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #22,347 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 76% below the state average
Stations
Not reported
State fire deaths/yr
91
AZ departments
322

County roster fringe

Northwest Fire District is 0.4% of Pima County roster mass

The county lists 27 departments totaling 1,534 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 93% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

Photo-finish peer: Castroville Volunteer Fire Department, TX (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Arivaca Volunteer Fire Department
Arivaca · volunteer
Avra Valley Fire District
Marana · career
Drexel Heights Fire District
Tucson · career
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Nationwide departments near 6 personnel

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

Castroville Volunteer Fire Department, TX 6 City of Rio Bravo Fire Department, TX 6 Gregg County Sheriff Department/Airport Division, TX 6 Lake Bridgeport Volunteer Fire Department First Responders, TX 6

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Northwest Fire District have?

Northwest Fire District has 6 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 76% below the Arizona average of 25 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #22,347 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within AZ, it ranks #184 of 191 by personnel.

Does Northwest Fire District provide EMS services?

Yes, Northwest Fire District provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Northwest Fire District operate?

Station count data for Northwest Fire District is not available in the HIFLD database.

What type of fire department is Northwest Fire District?

Northwest Fire District is a fire department serving Pima County, AZ.

Has Northwest Fire District received federal grants?

Yes, Northwest Fire District has received 6 FEMA grants totaling $11,265,461.45 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2010–2019 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2019.

How many fire departments are in Arizona?

Arizona has 322 fire departments with 7,987 total personnel. 35% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.