Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderSun City West Fire District
Sun City West, AZ · Maricopa County. Sun City West Fire District is a Career (Paid) department, 3 stations and 80 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.
- 80
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Sun City West Fire District pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Arizona average.
- Top 7%
- national personnel size
- +220%
- 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.
Sun City West Fire District is a Career (Paid) department serving Sun City West, AZ (Maricopa County), with 3 stations and 80 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,513 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #1,513 of 22,440
- AZ personnel rank #14 of 191
- 3.75 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 39 other listed departments in Maricopa County
Sun City West Fire District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
80 Top 7% higher than 93% 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 08263 · Sun City West Fire District, AZ 80 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 80
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #1,513
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Westland
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Westland Fire Department, MI (+ 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.
- Sun City West Fir… (this dept) 80
- High Bryans Road Volun…, MD 80
- Near Westland, MI 80
- Near New London, CT 80
- Near Warren Township V…, PA 80
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Sun City West, AZ
- County
- Maricopa County
- FDID
- 08263
Staffing vs the Arizona average
How Sun City West Fire District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arizona. In-state it ranks #14 of 191 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,513 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
Sun City West Fire District is 5.0% of Maricopa County roster mass
The county lists 52 departments totaling 1,586 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 85% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
3.75 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 80 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Westland Fire Department, MI (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 80 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AZ department.