Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderSan Carlos Fire Department
San Carlos, AZ · Gila County. San Carlos Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 3 stations and 35 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.
- 35
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
San Carlos Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Arizona average.
- Top 36%
- national personnel size
- +40%
- vs. Arizona average
- 3
- 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.
San Carlos Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving San Carlos, AZ (Gila County), with 3 stations and 35 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8,080 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #8,080 of 22,440
- AZ personnel rank #69 of 191
- 8.57 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 18 other listed departments in Gila County
San Carlos Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
35 Top 36% higher than 64% 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 04146 · San Carlos Fire Department, AZ 35 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 35
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #8,080
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Woodstock
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Woodstock Fire Department, CT (+ 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.
- San Carlos (this dept) 35
- High Pleasant Garden F…, NC 35
- Near Woodstock, CT 35
- Near Schriever Air For…, CO 35
- Near West Thompson, CT 35
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- San Carlos, AZ
- County
- Gila County
- FDID
- 04146
Staffing vs the Arizona average
How San Carlos Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arizona. In-state it ranks #69 of 191 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8,080 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 91
- AZ departments
- 322
County roster fringe
San Carlos Fire Department is 7.7% of Gila County roster mass
The county lists 23 departments totaling 457 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 78% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
8.57 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 35 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Woodstock Fire Department, CT (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 35 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AZ department.