Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderPayson Fire Department
Payson, AZ · Gila County. Payson Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations and 45 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.
- 45
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Payson Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the Arizona average.
- Top 22%
- national personnel size
- +80%
- vs. Arizona average
- 2
- stations
- $226,906
- 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 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.
Payson Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Payson, AZ (Gila County), with 2 stations and 45 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,960 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $226,906.
- National personnel rank #4,960 of 22,440
- AZ personnel rank #37 of 191
- 4.44 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 18 other listed departments in Gila County
Payson Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
45 Top 22% higher than 78% 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 04112 · Payson Fire Department, AZ 45 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 45
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #4,960
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Community Fire Co…
- FEMA-LIGHT $227K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Community Fire Company, CT (+ 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 AZ department.
- Payson (this dept) 45
- High Oaklyn, NJ 45
- Near Community Fire Co…, CT 45
- Near Gulfport, FL 45
- Near Conway Volunteer, PA 45
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Payson, AZ
- County
- Gila County
- FDID
- 04112
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | EMW2015FO06150 | $318,295 |
| 2012 | EMW2011FH00077 | $-91,389 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Arizona average
How Payson Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arizona. In-state it ranks #37 of 191 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,960 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 91
- AZ departments
- 322
County roster fringe
Payson Fire Department is 9.8% of Gila County roster mass
The county lists 23 departments totaling 457 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 78% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
4.44 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 45 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Community Fire Company, CT (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 45 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AZ department.