Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderRural Metro Fire Department
Mesa, AZ · Maricopa County. Rural Metro Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 4 stations and 50 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.
- 50
- Total personnel
- 4
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Rural Metro Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Arizona average.
- Top 18%
- national personnel size
- +100%
- vs. Arizona average
- 4
- 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 Mesa, AZ (Maricopa County), with 4 stations and 50 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,030 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #4,030 of 22,440
- AZ personnel rank #27 of 191
- 8.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 39 other listed departments in Maricopa 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
50 Top 18% higher than 82% 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 08235 · Rural Metro Fire Department, AZ 50 personnel · 4 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 50
- STA-FEW 4 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #4,030
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Leraysville-Pike…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Leraysville-Pike Volunteer Fire Department, PA (+ 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.
- Rural Metro (this dept) 50
- High East Side Volunte…, NC 50
- Near Leraysville-Pike…, PA 50
- Near Turbeville Volunt…, VA 50
- Near Taftville Volunte…, CT 50
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Mesa, AZ
- County
- Maricopa County
- FDID
- 08235
Staffing vs the Arizona average
How Rural Metro Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arizona. In-state it ranks #27 of 191 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,030 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 4
- State fire deaths/yr
- 91
- AZ departments
- 322
County roster fringe
Rural Metro Fire Department is 3.2% of Maricopa County roster mass
The county lists 52 departments totaling 1,586 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 85% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
8.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 50 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Leraysville-Pike Volunteer Fire Department, PA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 50 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AZ department.