Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderReno Airport Authority Fire Department
Reno, NV · Washoe County. Reno Airport Authority Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 20 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.
- 20
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Reno Airport Authority Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Nevada average.
- 22nd pct.
- national personnel size
- -26%
- vs. Nevada 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.
Reno Airport Authority Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Reno, NV (Washoe County), with 1 station and 20 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #17,560 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #17,560 of 22,440
- NV personnel rank #43 of 62
- 5.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 20 other listed departments in Washoe County
Reno Airport Authority Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
20 Top 78% higher than 22% 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 16050 · Reno Airport Authority Fire Department, NV 20 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 20
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #17,560
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Dairyland Volunte…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Dairyland Volunteer Fire and Rescue, WI (+ 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 NV department.
- Reno Airport Auth… (this dept) 20
- High Medicine Park, OK 20
- Near Dairyland Volunte…, WI 20
- Near Porter Hill, OK 20
- Near West Lafayette, OH 20
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Reno, NV
- County
- Washoe County
- FDID
- 16050
Staffing vs the Nevada average
How Reno Airport Authority Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Nevada. In-state it ranks #43 of 62 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #17,560 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 40
- NV departments
- 156
County roster fringe
Reno Airport Authority Fire Department is 7.8% of Washoe County roster mass
The county lists 22 departments totaling 255 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 86% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
5.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 20 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Dairyland Volunteer Fire and Rescue, WI (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 20 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NV department.