Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Bonham Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services

Bonham, TX · Fannin County. Bonham Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 42 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.

42
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Bonham Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount above the Texas average.

Top 24%
national personnel size
+24%
vs. Texas average
1
station
$861,863
FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record

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
PlainFireData Composite Score
85/100
Bonham Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services

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 A
42 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
42 personnel · 1 station

Bonham Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services is a Career (Paid) department serving Bonham, TX (Fannin County), with 1 station and 42 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #5,436 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $861,863.

  • National personnel rank #5,436 of 22,440
  • TX personnel rank #225 of 1,231
  • 2.38 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 8 other listed departments in Fannin County

Bonham Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services vs. the national personnel distribution

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

42 Top 24% higher than 76% 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 GH502 · Bonham Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services, TX 42 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 42
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #5,436
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Arthur Rural Fire…
  • FEMA-MID $862K
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Arthur Rural Fire Protection District, IL (+ 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 TX department.

Department Profile

Type
MOSTLY CAREER
Location
Bonham, TX
FDID
GH502

FEMA Grant History

$0
Cumulative funding (FY2015–2016)
0
Awards
Year Award Amount
2016 EMW2015FO01360 $198,150
2015 EMW2014FV00382 $663,713

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

Staffing vs the Texas average

How Bonham Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services's personnel count compares to the typical department in Texas. In-state it ranks #225 of 1,231 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #5,436 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 24% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
241
TX departments
1,879

County roster weight

Bonham Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services carries 32.3% of Fannin County HIFLD personnel

Among 10 listed departments (130 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 40% of the county count. County / state rollup.

2.38 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 42 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Arthur Rural Fire Protection District, IL (+0 personnel).

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Nationwide career peers near 42 personnel

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

Arthur Rural Fire Protection District, IL 42 East Peoria Fire Department, IL 42 Glenside Fire Protection District, IL 42 Henry Fire Protection District, IL 42 Sycamore Fire Department, IL 42 Colville Tribal Fire and Rescue, WA 42 Central Falls Fire Department, RI 42 Mexico Public Safety Department, MO 42

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Bonham Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services have?

Bonham Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services has 42 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 24% above the Texas average of 34 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #5,436 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within TX, it ranks #225 of 1,231 by personnel.

Does Bonham Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services provide EMS services?

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

How many fire stations does Bonham Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services operate?

Bonham Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services operates 1 fire station.

What type of fire department is Bonham Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services?

Bonham Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services is a Career (Paid) department serving Fannin County, TX. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

Has Bonham Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services received federal grants?

Yes, Bonham Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services has received 2 FEMA grants totaling $861,863 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2015–2016 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2016.

How many fire departments are in Texas?

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

Related guides

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