Department profile
VolunteerThunderbird Fire District
Maricopa, AZ · Pinal County. Thunderbird Fire District is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 12 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 12
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Thunderbird Fire District pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well below the Arizona average.
- 4th pct.
- national personnel size
- -52%
- vs. Arizona average
- 1
- station
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.
Thunderbird Fire District is a Volunteer department serving Maricopa, AZ (Pinal County), with 1 station and 12 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #21,620 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #21,620 of 22,440
- AZ personnel rank #177 of 191
- 8.33 stations per 100 personnel
- 19 other listed departments in Pinal County
Thunderbird Fire District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
12 Top 96% higher than 4% 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 12108 · Thunderbird Fire District, AZ 12 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-MICRO 12
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-LOWER #21,620
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Shelter Cove Volu…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Shelter Cove Volunteer Fire Department, CA (+ 0 personnel)
Volunteer 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.
- Thunderbird Fire… (this dept) 12
- High Tinmouth Volunteer, VT 12
- Near Shelter Cove Volu…, CA 12
- Near Pachuta Volunteer, MS 12
- Near Yuma County Fire…, CO 12
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Maricopa, AZ
- County
- Pinal County
- FDID
- 12108
Staffing vs the Arizona average
How Thunderbird Fire District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arizona. In-state it ranks #177 of 191 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #21,620 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 91
- AZ departments
- 322
County roster fringe
Thunderbird Fire District is 2.7% of Pinal County roster mass
The county lists 25 departments totaling 437 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 72% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
8.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 12 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Shelter Cove Volunteer Fire Department, CA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 12 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AZ department.