Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderSierra Vista Fire Department
Sierra Vista, AZ · Cochise County. Sierra Vista Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations and 62 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.
- 62
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Sierra Vista Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Arizona average.
- Top 11%
- national personnel size
- +148%
- vs. Arizona average
- 2
- stations
- $169,743
- 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.
Sierra Vista Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Sierra Vista, AZ (Cochise County), with 2 stations and 62 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,468 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $169,743.
- National personnel rank #2,468 of 22,440
- AZ personnel rank #19 of 191
- 3.23 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 23 other listed departments in Cochise County
Sierra Vista Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
62 Top 11% higher than 89% 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 02038 · Sierra Vista Fire Department, AZ 62 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 62
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #2,468
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ North Kansas City
- FEMA-LIGHT $170K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: North Kansas City Fire Department, MO (+ 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.
- Sierra Vista (this dept) 62
- High City of Natchez, MS 62
- Near North Kansas City, MO 62
- Near Grand Blanc, MI 62
- Near Thomaston Volunte…, CT 62
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Sierra Vista, AZ
- County
- Cochise County
- FDID
- 02038
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | EMW-2024-FG-01201 | $169,742.8 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Arizona average
How Sierra Vista Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arizona. In-state it ranks #19 of 191 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,468 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 91
- AZ departments
- 322
County staffing outlier
Career (Paid) island in a volunteer-heavy Cochise County
County mix is mostly volunteer (13 volunteer / 4 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.
3.23 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 62 roster).
Photo-finish peer: North Kansas City Fire Department, MO (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 62 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AZ department.