Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderTucson Fire Department
Tucson, AZ · Pima County. Tucson Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 21 stations and 770 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.
- 770
- Total personnel
- 21
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Tucson Fire Department pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Arizona average.
- Top 1%
- national personnel size
- +2980%
- vs. Arizona average
- 21
- stations
- $15,131,556
- 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.
Tucson Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Tucson, AZ (Pima County), with 21 stations and 770 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #31 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $15,131,556.
- National personnel rank #31 of 22,440
- AZ personnel rank #1 of 191
- 2.73 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 22 other listed departments in Pima County
Tucson Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
770 Top 1% higher than 99%+ 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 11223 · Tucson Fire Department, AZ 770 personnel · 21 stations
PERS-LARGE · STA-SYSTEM · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-HEAVY · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-LARGE 770
- STA-SYSTEM 21 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #31
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Buffalo
- FEMA-HEAVY $15.1M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Buffalo Fire Department, NY ( -5 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 Kansas City Kansas, KS 799
- Near Fort Worth, TX 782
- Tucson (this dept) 770
- Near Buffalo, NY 765
- Low Portland Fire and…, OR 736
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Tucson, AZ
- County
- Pima County
- FDID
- 11223
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | EMW-2024-FG-02255 | $1,147,348.14 |
| 2023 | EMW-2023-FG-02372 | $1,147,348.14 |
| 2022 | EMW-2022-FG-05330 | $697,568.18 |
| 2020 | EMW-2020-FF-00597 | $3,682,770 |
| 2019 | EMW-2019-FF-00169 | $5,409,480 |
| 2019 | EMW-2019-FG-05697 | $1,385,818 |
| 2017 | EMW2016FO01220 | $1,420,430 |
| 2016 | EMW2015FP00481 | $240,794 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Arizona average
How Tucson Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arizona. In-state it ranks #1 of 191 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #31 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 21
- State fire deaths/yr
- 91
- AZ departments
- 322
County roster weight
Tucson Fire Department carries 50.2% of Pima County HIFLD personnel
Among 27 listed departments (1,534 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 11% of the county count. County / state rollup.
2.73 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (21 stations / 770 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Buffalo Fire Department, NY (-5 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 770 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AZ department.