Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderSparks Fire Department
Sparks, NV · Washoe County. Sparks Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 4 stations and 95 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.
- 95
- Total personnel
- 4
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Sparks Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Nevada average.
- Top 5%
- national personnel size
- +252%
- vs. Nevada average
- 4
- stations
- $1,336,162
- 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.
Sparks Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Sparks, NV (Washoe County), with 4 stations and 95 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,068 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $1,336,162.
- National personnel rank #1,068 of 22,440
- NV personnel rank #7 of 62
- 4.21 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 20 other listed departments in Washoe County
Sparks Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
95 Top 5% higher than 95% 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 16002 · Sparks Fire Department, NV 95 personnel · 4 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 95
- STA-FEW 4 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #1,068
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Pawling Fire Dist…
- FEMA-MID $1.3M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Pawling Fire District, 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 NV department.
- Sparks (this dept) 95
- High Richland Township, PA 95
- Near Pawling Fire Dist…, NY 95
- Near Oakfield, NY 95
- Near Friendship Fire C…, WV 95
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Sparks, NV
- County
- Washoe County
- FDID
- 16002
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | EMW-2022-FG-03576 | $235,850 |
| 2021 | EMW-2021-FG-01391 | $232,961.15 |
| 2014 | EMW2013FO04521 | $463,559 |
| 2011 | EMW-2011-FO-0357 | $403,792 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Nevada average
How Sparks Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Nevada. In-state it ranks #7 of 62 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,068 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 4
- State fire deaths/yr
- 40
- NV departments
- 156
County roster weight
Sparks Fire Department carries 37.3% of Washoe County HIFLD personnel
Among 22 listed departments (255 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 41% of the county count. County / state rollup.
4.21 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 95 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Pawling Fire District, NY (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 95 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NV department.