Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Amalia Ventero Volunteer Fire Department

Amalia, NM · Taos County. Amalia Ventero Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 19 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.

19
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Amalia Ventero Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the New Mexico average.

20th pct.
national personnel size
+36%
vs. New Mexico average
2
stations

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.

F
PlainFireData Composite Score
8/100
Amalia Ventero Volunteer 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 F
9.5 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
19 personnel · 2 stations

Amalia Ventero Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Amalia, NM (Taos County), with 2 stations and 19 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #17,859 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #17,859 of 22,440
  • NM personnel rank #118 of 197
  • 10.53 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 12 other listed departments in Taos County

Amalia Ventero Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

19 Top 80% higher than 20% 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 55007 · Amalia Ventero Volunteer Fire Department, NM 19 personnel · 2 stations

PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 19
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #17,859
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Groveland Communi…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Groveland Community Services District Fire Department, CA (+ 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 NM department.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Amalia, NM
FDID
55007

Staffing vs the New Mexico average

How Amalia Ventero Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Mexico. In-state it ranks #118 of 197 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #17,859 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 36% above the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
32
NM departments
446

County roster geometry

Taos County HIFLD mix around Amalia Ventero Volunteer Fire Department

Taos County: 17 departments, 155 personnel (8 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 82% of departments. County / state rollup.

10.53 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 19 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Groveland Community Services District Fire Department, CA (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 19 personnel

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