[1] With a coverage area of 41.5 square miles (107 km2) and serving a population of 39,843, the PFD consists of 92 career personnel, split among five fire stations.

Wells were sunk at the four corners of the courthouse plaza and double acting hand pumps were installed.

In 1954 the then four separate volunteer companies were merged into one and named Prescott Fire Department.

[6] The 2017 film Only the Brave was based on the Granite Mountain Hotshots and the Yarnell Hill Fire.

[10] According to the National Fire Protection Association, it was the greatest loss of life for firefighters in a wildfire since 1933, the deadliest wildfire of any kind since 1991, and one of the greatest losses of firefighters in the United States next to the September 11 attacks.