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

Fire Department

Surprise, AZ · ~212 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
34.1
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Fire Department runs at 1067% 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.

Fire Department: 34.1 TCR = 1067% of Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS 3.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fire Department safety composite

Fire Department scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 0%), 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

16/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
F 34.14 per 100 workers

Safer than 0% of industry peers

DART rate
F 16.44 per 100 workers

Safer than 9% 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%).

TCR Δ

−13.7

2022→2023

Fire Department injury rate improved

Fire Department's TCR fell 13.7 from 41.0 in 2022 to 27.3 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 41.0 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.48× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2022=41.0 · 2023=27.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922160 · Surprise, AZ ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 34.1 · 1067% of ind

  • DART 16.4 DART
  • RANK #20/20
  • PHOTO 267 WARRENVILLE FIRE…
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 62 inj
  • SIZE ~212 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 267 WARRENVILLE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT (4.2 TCR gap)

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Fire Department in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Fire Department averages 34.1 TCR (1067% 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 2026-09-26

Fire Department TCR series: 2022=41 · 2023=27.3 · BLS 3.2

Where Fire Department falls in its industry

793 Fire departments (e.g., govern establishments

Safer than 0% 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.

Fire Department (212 employees, TCR 34.1) 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 0200400600800 010203040 Average employees Total Case Rate Fire Department
Fire Department (212 employees, TCR 34.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8

Fire Department 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
2023 27.3 16.4 32 41 0
2022 41.0 33.0 30 72 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · AZ · Surprise

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 · 130 employers in Surprise, 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 267 WARRENVILLE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT 29.9 TCR
NAICS-TCR City of Meriden Fire Camp Street 29.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Lifeguard HQ 29.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Station 5-1 EMS 28.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE 4232 212 FTE
STATE-SIZE VMW 212 FTE
STATE-SIZE PHOENIX ZONE EmpWorkCtrCd 30000093 212 FTE
STATE-SIZE 660-00658 212 FTE
CITY-NEAR Ono-508 913 FTE
CITY-NEAR MMR Constructors, Inc- Mission Critical 657 FTE
CITY-NEAR 2777 432 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Surprise (Parks and Rec) 410 FTE
NAT-TCR 048 Juvenile Detention Center 30.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Rockland Facility 30.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Governor Juan F. Luis Hospital and Medical Center 30.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Kemper Moving Systems 30.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE USM Store #663 (United) 212 FTE
NAT-SIZE Big Rapids 600 212 FTE
NAT-SIZE JWMCD 212 FTE
NAT-SIZE L&F Distributors - Corpus Christi 212 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: 2023, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.