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Big Spring Fire Department

Big Spring, TX · Howard County. Big Spring Fire Department is a fire department. 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.

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Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service
F
PlainFireData Composite Score
0/100
Big Spring 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
No station count on file for this department
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
Other department profile

Big Spring Fire Department is a fire department serving Big Spring, TX (Howard County). According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $1,017,484.

  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 2 other listed departments in Howard County

Dispatch plate

Sheet TX-BIG-SPRING-FIRE-DEPARTMENT-TX · Big Spring Fire Department, TX personnel n/a

PERS-UNK · STA-UNK · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-Y · RANK-UNK · GAP-UNK · FEMA-MID · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-UNK Staff pending
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UNK Rank pending
  • GAP-UNK Gap pending
  • FEMA-MID $1.0M
  • BOOK-PART 2/5 fields

Instrument codes from this department’s HIFLD personnel and station counts, staffing type, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer department, FEMA AFG/SAFER book, and field completeness, not a readiness rating.

Department Profile

Type
Location
Big Spring, TX

FEMA Grant History

$1.0M
Cumulative funding (FY2018–2023)
2
Awards
Year Award Amount
2023 EMW-2023-FG-01666 $176,000
2018 EMW-2018-FH-00114 $841,483.95

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

County roster geometry

Howard County HIFLD mix around Big Spring Fire Department

Howard County: 3 departments, 96 personnel (1 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 33% of departments. County / state rollup.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Big Spring Fire Department have?

Personnel data for Big Spring Fire Department is not available in the HIFLD database.

Does Big Spring Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, Big Spring Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Big Spring Fire Department operate?

Station count data for Big Spring Fire Department is not available in the HIFLD database.

What type of fire department is Big Spring Fire Department?

Big Spring Fire Department is a fire department serving Howard County, TX.

Has Big Spring Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Big Spring Fire Department has received 2 FEMA grants totaling $1,017,483.95 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2018–2023 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2023.

How many fire departments are in Texas?

Texas has 1,879 fire departments with 63,369 total personnel. 58% are volunteer departments.

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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.