Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderPayson Fire Department
Payson, UT · Utah County. Payson Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 59 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.
- 59
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Payson Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Utah average.
- Top 12%
- national personnel size
- +195%
- vs. Utah average
- 1
- station
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 Volunteer department serving Payson, UT (Utah County), with 1 station and 59 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,789 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,789 of 22,440
- UT personnel rank #17 of 162
- 1.69 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 23 other listed departments in Utah County
Payson Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
59 Top 12% higher than 88% 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 49011 · Payson Fire Department, UT 59 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 59
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #2,789
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Porum Landing Fir…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Porum Landing Fire Protection Association, 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 UT department.
- Payson (this dept) 59
- High Eatons Neck Volun…, NY 59
- Near Porum Landing Fir…, OK 59
- Near Benicia, CA 59
- Near Caton Volunteer, NY 59
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Payson, UT
- County
- Utah County
- FDID
- 49011
Staffing vs the Utah average
How Payson Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Utah. In-state it ranks #17 of 162 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,789 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 26
- UT departments
- 271
County roster fringe
Payson Fire Department is 8.6% of Utah County roster mass
The county lists 27 departments totaling 690 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 89% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
1.69 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 59 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Porum Landing Fire Protection Association, OK (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 59 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every UT department.