Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderScottsdale Fire Department
Scottsdale, AZ · Maricopa County. Scottsdale Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 13 stations and 259 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.
- 259
- Total personnel
- 13
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Scottsdale Fire Department pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Arizona average.
- Top 1%
- national personnel size
- +936%
- vs. Arizona average
- 13
- stations
- $3,755,122
- 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.
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.
Scottsdale Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Scottsdale, AZ (Maricopa County), with 13 stations and 259 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #147 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $3,755,122.
- National personnel rank #147 of 22,440
- AZ personnel rank #2 of 191
- 5.02 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 39 other listed departments in Maricopa County
Scottsdale Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
259 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 08465 · Scottsdale Fire Department, AZ 259 personnel · 13 stations
PERS-LARGE · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-LARGE 259
- STA-MULTI 13 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #147
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Hall County Fire…
- FEMA-MID $3.8M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Hall County Fire Services, GA (+ 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.
- High Joppa-Magnolia Vo…, MD 260
- Scottsdale (this dept) 259
- Near Hall County Fire…, GA 259
- Low Pembroke Pines Fi…, FL 257
- Near Boise City, ID 257
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Scottsdale, AZ
- County
- Maricopa County
- FDID
- 08465
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | EMW-2023-FG-00230 | $909,090.9 |
| 2021 | EMW-2021-FG-00236 | $725,031.21 |
| 2018 | EMW-2018-FH-00238 | $753,331.78 |
| 2017 | EMW-2017-FH-00439 | $756,276.16 |
| 2016 | EMW2015FR00200 | $438,140 |
| 2014 | EMW2013FO03912 | $173,252 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Arizona average
How Scottsdale Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arizona. In-state it ranks #2 of 191 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #147 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 13
- State fire deaths/yr
- 91
- AZ departments
- 322
County roster geometry
Maricopa County HIFLD mix around Scottsdale Fire Department
Maricopa County: 52 departments, 1,586 personnel (8 volunteer / 18 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 85% of departments. County / state rollup.
5.02 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (13 stations / 259 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Hall County Fire Services, GA (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 259 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AZ department.