Department profile

Volunteer

Rough Rock Community School Volunteer Fire Department

Chinle, AZ · Apache County. Rough Rock Community School Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 18 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

18
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Not reported
EMS service

The verdict

Rough Rock Community School Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Arizona average.

16th pct.
national personnel size
-28%
vs. Arizona 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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
32/100
Rough Rock Community School Volunteer Fire Department

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 D
18 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
18 personnel · 1 station

Rough Rock Community School Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Chinle, AZ (Apache County), with 1 station and 18 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #18,815 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #18,815 of 22,440
  • AZ personnel rank #147 of 191
  • 5.56 stations per 100 personnel
  • 14 other listed departments in Apache County

Rough Rock Community School Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

18 Top 84% higher than 16% 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-ROUGH-ROCK-COMMUNITY-SCHOOL-VOLUNTEER-FIRE-DEPARTM-AZ · Rough Rock Community School Volunteer Fire Department, AZ 18 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-SMALL 18
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-UNK EMS pending
  • RANK-LOWER #18,815
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Albany Volunteer
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 2/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Albany Volunteer Fire Department, TX (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Chinle, AZ

Staffing vs the Arizona average

How Rough Rock Community School Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arizona. In-state it ranks #147 of 191 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #18,815 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 28% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
91
AZ departments
322

County roster fringe

Rough Rock Community School Volunteer Fire Department is 8.4% of Apache County roster mass

The county lists 17 departments totaling 215 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 88% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

5.56 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 18 roster).

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

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 18 personnel

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

Albany Volunteer Fire Department, TX 18 Baileyville Volunteer Fire Department, ME 18 Bennette Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services, TX 18 Blackjack Volunteer Fire Department, TX 18 Bluebonnet Volunteer Fire Department - Still Forest Station, TX 18 Bluff Dale Volunteer Fire Department, TX 18 Boxelder Volunteer Fire Department, TX 18 Bradley Volunteer Fire Department, ME 18

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Rough Rock Community School Volunteer Fire Department have?

Rough Rock Community School Volunteer Fire Department has 18 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 28% below the Arizona average of 25 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #18,815 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within AZ, it ranks #147 of 191 by personnel.

Does Rough Rock Community School Volunteer Fire Department provide EMS services?

EMS capability is not specified for Rough Rock Community School Volunteer Fire Department in the HIFLD database.

How many fire stations does Rough Rock Community School Volunteer Fire Department operate?

Rough Rock Community School Volunteer Fire Department operates 1 fire station.

What type of fire department is Rough Rock Community School Volunteer Fire Department?

Rough Rock Community School Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Apache County, AZ. Volunteer departments rely on community members who serve without full-time compensation.

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.