Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderRural Metro Fire Department
Tucson, AZ · Pima County. Rural Metro Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 12 stations and 247 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.
- 247
- Total personnel
- 12
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Rural Metro Fire Department pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Arizona average.
- Top 1%
- national personnel size
- +888%
- vs. Arizona average
- 12
- 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.
Rural Metro Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Tucson, AZ (Pima County), with 12 stations and 247 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #158 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #158 of 22,440
- AZ personnel rank #3 of 191
- 4.86 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 22 other listed departments in Pima County
Rural Metro Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
247 Top 1% higher than 99% 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 11165 · Rural Metro Fire Department, AZ 247 personnel · 12 stations
PERS-LARGE · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-LARGE 247
- STA-MULTI 12 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #158
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Santa Clara Count…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Santa Clara County Fire Department - los Gatos Station, CA ( -1 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.
- High Kahului Fire Stat…, HI 249
- Rural Metro (this dept) 247
- Near Santa Clara Count…, CA 246
- Near Eastside Fire and…, WA 245
- Low Napa County Fire…, CA 244
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Tucson, AZ
- County
- Pima County
- FDID
- 11165
Staffing vs the Arizona average
How Rural Metro Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arizona. In-state it ranks #3 of 191 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #158 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 12
- State fire deaths/yr
- 91
- AZ departments
- 322
County roster geometry
Pima County HIFLD mix around Rural Metro Fire Department
Pima County: 27 departments, 1,534 personnel (3 volunteer / 10 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 93% of departments. County / state rollup.
4.86 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (12 stations / 247 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Santa Clara County Fire Department - los Gatos Station, CA (-1 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 247 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AZ department.