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Tubac Fire District

Sonoita, AZ · Santa Cruz County. Tubac Fire District is a fire department and 16 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.

16
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Tubac Fire District pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Arizona average.

11th pct.
national personnel size
-36%
vs. Arizona average
$1,030,992
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
93/100
Tubac Fire District

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
$64,437 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
16 personnel

Tubac Fire District is a fire department serving Sonoita, AZ (Santa Cruz County) and 16 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #19,864 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $1,030,992.

  • National personnel rank #19,864 of 22,440
  • AZ personnel rank #156 of 191
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 6 other listed departments in Santa Cruz County

Tubac Fire District vs. the national personnel distribution

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

16 Top 89% higher than 11% 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-TUBAC-FIRE-DISTRICT-AZ · Tubac Fire District, AZ 16 personnel

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

  • PERS-SMALL 16
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #19,864
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ 79 East Volunteer
  • FEMA-MID $1.0M
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: 79 East 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
Sonoita, AZ
Ambulances
2

FEMA Grant History

$1.0M
Cumulative funding (FY2018–2022)
2
Awards
Year Award Amount
2022 EMW-2022-FG-04513 $661,333.33
2018 EMW-2018-FR-00287 $369,659

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

Staffing vs the Arizona average

How Tubac Fire District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arizona. In-state it ranks #156 of 191 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #19,864 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 36% below the state average
Stations
Not reported
State fire deaths/yr
91
AZ departments
322

County roster fringe

Tubac Fire District is 6.8% of Santa Cruz County roster mass

The county lists 10 departments totaling 235 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 100% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

Photo-finish peer: 79 East Volunteer Fire Department, TX (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Nogales Suburban Fire District
Nogales · volunteer
Rio Rico Fire District
Rio Rico · career
Sonoita Elgin Fire District
Sonoita · volunteer
Tubac Fire District
Tubac · career
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Nationwide departments near 16 personnel

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

79 East Volunteer Fire Department, TX 16 Alden Fire Department, KS 16 Alma Fire Department, KS 16 Baldwin City Fire Department, KS 16

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Tubac Fire District have?

Tubac Fire District has 16 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 36% below the Arizona average of 25 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #19,864 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within AZ, it ranks #156 of 191 by personnel.

Does Tubac Fire District provide EMS services?

Yes, Tubac Fire District provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Tubac Fire District operate?

Station count data for Tubac Fire District is not available in the HIFLD database.

What type of fire department is Tubac Fire District?

Tubac Fire District is a fire department serving Santa Cruz County, AZ.

Has Tubac Fire District received federal grants?

Yes, Tubac Fire District has received 2 FEMA grants totaling $1,030,992.33 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2018–2022 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2022.

How many fire departments are in Arizona?

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

Related guides

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