Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) · Arizona

City of Phoenix B10 Fire Dept

Phoenix, AZ · ~2,152 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
20.1
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

City of Phoenix B10 Fire Dept runs at 629% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) workplace, earning a grade F.

City of Phoenix B10 Fire Dept: 20.1 TCR = 629% of Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS 3.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)

City of Phoenix B10 Fire Dept safety composite

City of Phoenix B10 Fire Dept scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 10%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).

F

26/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 20.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 10% of industry peers

DART rate
F 8.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 27% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% of industry peers

Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).

Rising injury rate

City of Phoenix B10 Fire Dept: 14.5 → 21.0 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 36.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.41× in 2024

City of Phoenix B10 Fire Dept's TCR rose 6.5 from 14.5 in 2016 to 21.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2022 at 36.6 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.41× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922160 · Phoenix, AZ ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade F · TCR 20.1 · 629% of ind

  • DART 8.2 DART
  • RANK #20/20
  • PHOTO Central Kitsap Fire …
  • BOOK 8y book
  • INJ 3,325 inj
  • SIZE ~2,152 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Central Kitsap Fire and Rescue (0.1 TCR gap)

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City of Phoenix B10 Fire Dept in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows City of Phoenix B10 Fire Dept averages 20.1 TCR (629% of the Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

City of Phoenix B10 Fire Dept TCR series: 2016=14.5 · 2017=12.9 · 2018=12.9 · 2019=16.8 · 2020=23.7 · 2022=36.6 · 2023=22.6 · 2024=21 · BLS 3.2

Where City of Phoenix B10 Fire Dept falls in its industry

793 Fire departments (e.g., govern establishments

Safer than 10% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 9.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Arizona alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #20 safest of 20 Fire departments (e.g., govern employers in Arizona.

City of Phoenix B10 Fire Dept (2,152 employees, TCR 20.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 05001,0001,5002,0002,500 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate City of Phoenix B10 Fire Dept
City of Phoenix B10 Fire Dept (2,152 employees, TCR 20.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8

City of Phoenix B10 Fire Dept has more employees than the Fire departments (e.g., government, volu median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 9.8. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2024 21.0 8.2 546 78 0
2023 22.6 6.7 505 137 0
2022 36.6 9.1 497 505 0
2020 23.7 5.2 359 301 0
2019 16.8 6.7 413 38 0
2018 12.9 9.0 326 13 0
2017 12.9 7.3 317 20 0
2016 14.5 8.1 362 14 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · AZ · Phoenix

793 Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,594 rated employers in Arizona with headcount on file · 2,630 employers in Phoenix, AZ · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Central Kitsap Fire and Rescue 20.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Medora Vol. Fire Department 20.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Derby Fire Department 20.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Station 7-3 West Lakes Fire 20.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE PHOENIX HUB (AZPHO) 2,151 FTE
STATE-SIZE Palo Verde Nuclear Power Plant 2,150 FTE
STATE-SIZE Sundt Construction Inc 2,141 FTE
STATE-SIZE AZGDR - GOODYEAR HUB 2,139 FTE
CITY-NEAR Maricopa County 15,504 FTE
CITY-NEAR Phoenix Children's Hospital 7,575 FTE
CITY-NEAR All Company 6,261 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6403-64030500 6,153 FTE
NAT-TCR OAKOAKLANDCA 20.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Trader Joe's 0689 Batavia 20.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Seaport Village Skilled Nursing Center 20.1 TCR
NAT-TCR West Haven Public Works 20.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Fenix Marine Services 2,152 FTE
NAT-SIZE Central Washington Hospital 2,152 FTE
NAT-SIZE Safe Haven Security Services LLC 2,153 FTE
NAT-SIZE Northwestern Medicine Regional Medical Group 2,151 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.