Department profile
OtherWellton Fire Department
Wellton, AZ · Yuma County. Wellton Fire Department is a fire department and 15 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 15
- Total personnel
- Not reported
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Wellton Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Arizona average.
- 8th pct.
- national personnel size
- -40%
- vs. Arizona average
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.
Wellton Fire Department is a fire department serving Wellton, AZ (Yuma County) and 15 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #20,577 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #20,577 of 22,440
- AZ personnel rank #163 of 191
- 5 other listed departments in Yuma County
Wellton Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
15 Top 92% higher than 8% 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-WELLTON-FIRE-DEPARTMENT-AZ · Wellton Fire Department, AZ 15 personnel
PERS-MICRO · STA-UNK · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-MICRO 15
- STA-UNK Stations pending
- TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #20,577
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Alta Vista City
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 2/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Alta Vista City Fire Department, KS (+ 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.
- Wellton (this dept) 15
- High Atwood, KS 15
- Near Alta Vista City, KS 15
- Near Argonia, KS 15
- Near Arrowhead Ranch E…, TX 15
Department Profile
- Type
- Location
- Wellton, AZ
- County
- Yuma County
Staffing vs the Arizona average
How Wellton Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arizona. In-state it ranks #163 of 191 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #20,577 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- Not reported
- State fire deaths/yr
- 91
- AZ departments
- 322
County roster geometry
Yuma County HIFLD mix around Wellton Fire Department
Yuma County: 6 departments, 90 personnel (0 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 67% of departments. County / state rollup.
Photo-finish peer: Alta Vista City Fire Department, KS (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide departments near 15 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AZ department.