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Yuma Fire Department

Yuma, AZ · Yuma County. Yuma Fire Department is a fire department and 18 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.

18
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Yuma Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Arizona average.

15th pct.
national personnel size
-28%
vs. Arizona average
$1,848,816
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
100/100
Yuma Fire Department

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
$102,712 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
18 personnel

Yuma Fire Department is a fire department serving Yuma, AZ (Yuma County) and 18 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #18,969 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $1,848,816.

  • National personnel rank #18,969 of 22,440
  • AZ personnel rank #151 of 191
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 5 other listed departments in Yuma County

Yuma Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

18 Top 85% higher than 15% 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-YUMA-FIRE-DEPARTMENT-AZ · Yuma Fire Department, AZ 18 personnel

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

  • PERS-SMALL 18
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #18,969
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Albany Volunteer
  • FEMA-MID $1.8M
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Albany 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
Yuma, AZ

FEMA Grant History

$1.8M
Cumulative funding (FY2009–2017)
4
Awards
Year Award Amount
2017 EMW2016FH00628 $1,440,749.4
2014 EMW2013FO00331 $625,651
2012 EMW2011FR00185 $309,740
2009 EMW2008FF00100 $-527,324

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

Staffing vs the Arizona average

How Yuma Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arizona. In-state it ranks #151 of 191 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #18,969 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 28% below the state average
Stations
Not reported
State fire deaths/yr
91
AZ departments
322

County roster geometry

Yuma County HIFLD mix around Yuma 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: Albany Volunteer Fire Department, TX (+0 personnel).

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Nationwide departments near 18 personnel

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

Albany Volunteer Fire Department, TX 18 Baileyville Volunteer Fire Department, ME 18 Bennette Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services, TX 18 Blackjack Volunteer Fire Department, TX 18

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Yuma Fire Department have?

Yuma Fire Department has 18 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 28% below the Arizona average of 25 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #18,969 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within AZ, it ranks #151 of 191 by personnel.

Does Yuma Fire Department provide EMS services?

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

How many fire stations does Yuma Fire Department operate?

Station count data for Yuma Fire Department is not available in the HIFLD database.

What type of fire department is Yuma Fire Department?

Yuma Fire Department is a fire department serving Yuma County, AZ.

Has Yuma Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Yuma Fire Department has received 4 FEMA grants totaling $1,848,816.4 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2009–2017 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2017.

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.