Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Santa Fe Fire Department

Santa Fe, NM · Santa Fe County. Santa Fe Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 6 stations and 124 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.

124
Total personnel
6
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Santa Fe Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the New Mexico average.

Top 3%
national personnel size
+786%
vs. New Mexico average
6
stations
$543,972
FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record

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
29/100
Santa Fe 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 C
20.7 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment F
$4,387 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
124 personnel · 6 stations

Santa Fe Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Santa Fe, NM (Santa Fe County), with 6 stations and 124 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #639 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $543,972.

  • National personnel rank #639 of 22,440
  • NM personnel rank #4 of 197
  • 4.84 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 12 other listed departments in Santa Fe County

Santa Fe Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

124 Top 3% higher than 97% 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 49061 · Santa Fe Fire Department, NM 124 personnel · 6 stations

PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MID 124
  • STA-MULTI 6 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #639
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Montauk
  • FEMA-MID $544K
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Montauk Fire Department, NY (+ 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 NM department.

Department Profile

Type
CAREER
Location
Santa Fe, NM
FDID
49061

FEMA Grant History

$544K
Cumulative funding (FY2009)
1
Awards
Year Award Amount
2009 EMW-2009-FO-0982 $543,972

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the New Mexico average

How Santa Fe Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Mexico. In-state it ranks #4 of 197 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #639 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 786% above the state average
Stations
6
State fire deaths/yr
32
NM departments
446

County staffing outlier

Career (Paid) island in a volunteer-heavy Santa Fe County

County mix is mostly volunteer (9 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.

4.84 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (6 stations / 124 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Montauk Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Espanola Fire Department
Espanola · other
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Nationwide career peers near 124 personnel

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

Montauk Fire Department, NY 124 Suffern Fire Department - Hose Company, NY 124 Greenwood Fire Department, IN 124 Kokomo Fire Department, IN 124 Saint George Fire Protection District, LA 124 Arlington Fire Department, MA 124 Greenville Fire and Rescue, NC 124 Refinery Terminal Fire Company First Responders, TX 124

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Santa Fe Fire Department have?

Santa Fe Fire Department has 124 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 786% above the New Mexico average of 14 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #639 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within NM, it ranks #4 of 197 by personnel.

Does Santa Fe Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, Santa Fe Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Santa Fe Fire Department operate?

Santa Fe Fire Department operates 6 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Santa Fe Fire Department?

Santa Fe Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Santa Fe County, NM. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

Has Santa Fe Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Santa Fe Fire Department has received 1 FEMA grant totaling $543,972 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2009 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2009.

How many fire departments are in New Mexico?

New Mexico has 446 fire departments with 6,225 total personnel. 44% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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