Department profile
VolunteerYarnell Fire District
Yarnell, AZ · Yavapai County. Yarnell Fire District is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 21 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 21
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Yarnell Fire District pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Arizona average.
- 26th pct.
- national personnel size
- -16%
- vs. Arizona average
- 1
- station
- $595,609
- 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.
Yarnell Fire District is a Volunteer department serving Yarnell, AZ (Yavapai County), with 1 station and 21 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #16,622 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $595,609.
- National personnel rank #16,622 of 22,440
- AZ personnel rank #133 of 191
- 4.76 stations per 100 personnel
- 29 other listed departments in Yavapai County
Yarnell Fire District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
21 Top 74% higher than 26% 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 14231 · Yarnell Fire District, AZ 21 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 21
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #16,622
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Sabin-Elmwood
- FEMA-MID $596K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Sabin-Elmwood Fire Department, MN (+ 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.
- Yarnell Fire Dist… (this dept) 21
- High Social Circle Dep…, GA 21
- Near Sabin-Elmwood, MN 21
- Near Bethel, VT 21
- Near Hardinsburg Volun…, KY 21
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Yarnell, AZ
- County
- Yavapai County
- FDID
- 14231
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | EMW-2017-FF-00171 | $267,865 |
| 2014 | EMW2013FF00521 | $327,744 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Arizona average
How Yarnell Fire District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arizona. In-state it ranks #133 of 191 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #16,622 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
Yarnell Fire District is 2.1% of Yavapai County roster mass
The county lists 36 departments totaling 983 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 86% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
4.76 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 21 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Sabin-Elmwood Fire Department, MN (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 21 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AZ department.