Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderTempe Fire Department
Tempe, AZ · Maricopa County. Tempe Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 6 stations and 158 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.
- 158
- Total personnel
- 6
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Tempe Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Arizona average.
- Top 2%
- national personnel size
- +532%
- vs. Arizona average
- 6
- stations
- $5,596,385
- 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.
Tempe Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Tempe, AZ (Maricopa County), with 6 stations and 158 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #374 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $5,596,385.
- National personnel rank #374 of 22,440
- AZ personnel rank #4 of 191
- 3.80 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 39 other listed departments in Maricopa County
Tempe Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
158 Top 2% higher than 98% 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 08293 · Tempe Fire Department, AZ 158 personnel · 6 stations
PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-HEAVY · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 158
- STA-MULTI 6 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #374
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Montville Fire De…
- FEMA-HEAVY $5.6M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Montville Fire Department Company, CT (+ 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 James City County, VA 159
- Near Hoboken, NJ 159
- Tempe (this dept) 158
- Near Montville Fire De…, CT 158
- Near San Bernardino Ci…, CA 158
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Tempe, AZ
- County
- Maricopa County
- FDID
- 08293
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | EMW-2021-FG-01154 | $709,327.27 |
| 2019 | EMW-2019-FG-09958 | $338,273 |
| 2014 | EMW2013FO03923 | $221,688 |
| 2013 | EMW2012FH00399 | $88,449 |
| 2012 | EMW-2012-FH-0039 | $3,064,466 |
| 2010 | EMW-2010-FR-0042 | $1,174,182 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Arizona average
How Tempe Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arizona. In-state it ranks #4 of 191 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #374 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 6
- State fire deaths/yr
- 91
- AZ departments
- 322
County roster fringe
Tempe Fire Department is 10.0% 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.
3.80 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (6 stations / 158 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Montville Fire Department Company, CT (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 158 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AZ department.