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Surprise Fire Department 307

Surprise, AZ · Maricopa County. Surprise Fire Department 307 is a fire department and 6 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.

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

The verdict

Surprise Fire Department 307 pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well below the Arizona average.

0th pct.
national personnel size
-76%
vs. Arizona average
$2,329,681
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
PlainFireData Composite Score
100/100
Surprise Fire Department 307

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
No station count on file for this department
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment A
$388,280 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
6 personnel

Surprise Fire Department 307 is a fire department serving Surprise, AZ (Maricopa County) and 6 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #22,359 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $2,329,681.

  • National personnel rank #22,359 of 22,440
  • AZ personnel rank #185 of 191
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 39 other listed departments in Maricopa County

Surprise Fire Department 307 vs. the national personnel distribution

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

6 Top 100% in the bottom 1% 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 AZ-SURPRISE-FIRE-DEPARTMENT-307-AZ · Surprise Fire Department 307, AZ 6 personnel

PERS-MICRO · STA-UNK · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-MICRO 6
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #22,359
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Castroville Volun…
  • FEMA-MID $2.3M
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Castroville Volunteer Fire Department, TX (+ 0 personnel)

Instrument codes from this department’s HIFLD personnel and station counts, staffing type, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer department, FEMA AFG/SAFER book, and field completeness, not a readiness rating.

Personnel neighbourhood

Nationwide HIFLD headcount poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every AZ department.

Department Profile

Type
Location
Surprise, AZ

FEMA Grant History

$2.3M
Cumulative funding (FY2017–2018)
3
Awards
Year Award Amount
2018 EMW-2018-FH-00377 $1,304,643.5
2017 EMW2015FH00791 $737,850
2017 EMW-2017-FV-02096 $287,187

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

Staffing vs the Arizona average

How Surprise Fire Department 307's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arizona. In-state it ranks #185 of 191 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #22,359 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 76% below the state average
Stations
Not reported
State fire deaths/yr
91
AZ departments
322

County roster fringe

Surprise Fire Department 307 is 0.4% 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.

Photo-finish peer: Castroville Volunteer Fire Department, TX (+0 personnel).

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Nationwide departments near 6 personnel

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

Castroville Volunteer Fire Department, TX 6 City of Rio Bravo Fire Department, TX 6 Gregg County Sheriff Department/Airport Division, TX 6 Lake Bridgeport Volunteer Fire Department First Responders, TX 6

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Surprise Fire Department 307 have?

Surprise Fire Department 307 has 6 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 76% below the Arizona average of 25 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #22,359 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within AZ, it ranks #185 of 191 by personnel.

Does Surprise Fire Department 307 provide EMS services?

Yes, Surprise Fire Department 307 provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Surprise Fire Department 307 operate?

Station count data for Surprise Fire Department 307 is not available in the HIFLD database.

What type of fire department is Surprise Fire Department 307?

Surprise Fire Department 307 is a fire department serving Maricopa County, AZ.

Has Surprise Fire Department 307 received federal grants?

Yes, Surprise Fire Department 307 has received 3 FEMA grants totaling $2,329,680.5 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2017–2018 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2018.

How many fire departments are in Arizona?

Arizona has 322 fire departments with 7,987 total personnel. 35% are volunteer departments.

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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.