Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderArtesia Fire and Emergency Medical Services
Artesia, NM · Eddy County. Artesia Fire and Emergency Medical Services is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations and 35 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.
- 35
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Artesia Fire and Emergency Medical Services pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount more than double the New Mexico average.
- Top 34%
- national personnel size
- +150%
- 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.
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.
Artesia Fire and Emergency Medical Services is a Career (Paid) department serving Artesia, NM (Eddy County), with 2 stations and 35 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #7,586 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #7,586 of 22,440
- NM personnel rank #26 of 197
- 5.71 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 19 other listed departments in Eddy County
Artesia Fire and Emergency Medical Services vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
35 Top 34% higher than 66% 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 15007 · Artesia Fire and Emergency Medical Services, NM 35 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 35
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #7,586
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Vale Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Vale Volunteer Fire Department, SD (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid 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.
- Artesia Fire and… (this dept) 35
- High Seaside Park Volu…, NJ 35
- Near Vale Volunteer, SD 35
- Near Elma Volunteer Fi…, NY 35
- Near Farnham Volunteer…, NY 35
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Artesia, NM
- County
- Eddy County
- FDID
- 15007
Staffing vs the New Mexico average
How Artesia Fire and Emergency Medical Services's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Mexico. In-state it ranks #26 of 197 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,586 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 32
- NM departments
- 446
County staffing outlier
Career (Paid) island in a volunteer-heavy Eddy County
County mix is mostly volunteer (11 volunteer / 2 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.
5.71 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 35 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Vale Volunteer Fire Department, SD (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 35 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NM department.