Department profile
VolunteerPalominas Fire District
Hereford, AZ · Cochise County. Palominas Fire District is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 24 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 24
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Palominas Fire District pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Arizona average.
- 35th pct.
- national personnel size
- -4%
- vs. Arizona 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.
Palominas Fire District is a Volunteer department serving Hereford, AZ (Cochise County), with 3 stations and 24 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #14,671 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #14,671 of 22,440
- AZ personnel rank #119 of 191
- 12.50 stations per 100 personnel
- 23 other listed departments in Cochise County
Palominas Fire District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
24 Top 65% higher than 35% 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 02132 · Palominas Fire District, AZ 24 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 24
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #14,671
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Ensign Township
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Ensign Township Fire Department, MI (+ 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.
- Palominas Fire Di… (this dept) 24
- High Vaughn Volunteer, MT 24
- Near Ensign Township, MI 24
- Near Center, SC 24
- Near Eureka Volunteer, SC 24
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Hereford, AZ
- County
- Cochise County
- FDID
- 02132
Staffing vs the Arizona average
How Palominas Fire District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arizona. In-state it ranks #119 of 191 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #14,671 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 91
- AZ departments
- 322
County roster fringe
Palominas Fire District is 4.5% of Cochise County roster mass
The county lists 31 departments totaling 529 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 61% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
12.50 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 24 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Ensign Township Fire Department, MI (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 24 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AZ department.