Department profile
CombinationEMS ProviderTonopah Fire Department
Tonopah, NV · Nye County. Tonopah Fire Department is a Combination department, 1 station and 26 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.
- 26
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Tonopah Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Nevada average.
- 42nd pct.
- national personnel size
- -4%
- vs. Nevada 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.
Tonopah Fire Department is a Combination department serving Tonopah, NV (Nye County), with 1 station and 26 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #12,912 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #12,912 of 22,440
- NV personnel rank #33 of 62
- 3.85 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 8 other listed departments in Nye County
Tonopah Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
26 Top 58% higher than 42% 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 13007 · Tonopah Fire Department, NV 26 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-COMB · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 26
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-COMB Combination
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #12,912
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Magnet Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Magnet Volunteer Fire Department, NE (+ 0 personnel)
Combination-staffed 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.
- Tonopah (this dept) 26
- High New Tazewell, TN 26
- Near Magnet Volunteer, NE 26
- Near Talbot County Fir…, GA 26
- Near Kimball, SD 26
Department Profile
- Type
- COMBINATION
- Location
- Tonopah, NV
- County
- Nye County
- FDID
- 13007
Staffing vs the Nevada average
How Tonopah Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Nevada. In-state it ranks #33 of 62 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #12,912 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 40
- NV departments
- 156
County staffing outlier
Combination island in a volunteer-heavy Nye County
County mix is mostly volunteer (5 volunteer / 2 career / 1 combination), while this page is typed combination. County / state rollup.
3.85 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 26 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Magnet Volunteer Fire Department, NE (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide combination-staffed peers near 26 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NV department.