Department profile

Volunteer

Borden County Volunteer Fire Department

Gail, TX · Borden County. Borden County Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 7 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

7
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Not reported
EMS service

The verdict

Borden County Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well below the Texas average.

1st pct.
national personnel size
-79%
vs. Texas average
1
station

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
6/100
Borden County 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
7 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
7 personnel · 1 station

Borden County Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Gail, TX (Borden County), with 1 station and 7 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #22,268 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #22,268 of 22,440
  • TX personnel rank #1,215 of 1,231
  • 14.29 stations per 100 personnel
  • 0 other listed departments in Borden County

Borden County Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

7 Top 99% higher than 1% 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 TX-BORDEN-COUNTY-VOLUNTEER-FIRE-DEPARTMENT-TX · Borden County Volunteer Fire Department, TX 7 personnel · 1 station

PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-MICRO 7
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-UNK EMS pending
  • RANK-LOWER #22,268
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Army National Gua…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 2/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Army National Guard Crash and Rescue, NC (+ 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 TX department.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Gail, TX

Staffing vs the Texas average

How Borden County Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Texas. In-state it ranks #1,215 of 1,231 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #22,268 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 79% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
241
TX departments
1,879

County roster weight

Borden County Volunteer Fire Department carries 100.0% of Borden County HIFLD personnel

Among 1 listed departments (7 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 100% of the county count. County / state rollup.

14.29 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 7 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Army National Guard Crash and Rescue, NC (+0 personnel).

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

Nationwide volunteer peers near 7 personnel

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

Army National Guard Crash and Rescue, NC 7 Brewster Fire Department, KS 7 Mulberry Fire Department, KS 7 Robbins - Sutter Basin Fire Protection District, CA 7 Surprise Springs Rural Fire and Rescue, OR 7 Alcorn Fire Station, AR 7 Michigan Department of Natural Resources - Platte River Office, MI 7 Bath Fire Department, SD 7

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Borden County Volunteer Fire Department have?

Borden County Volunteer Fire Department has 7 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 79% below the Texas average of 34 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #22,268 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within TX, it ranks #1,215 of 1,231 by personnel.

Does Borden County Volunteer Fire Department provide EMS services?

EMS capability is not specified for Borden County Volunteer Fire Department in the HIFLD database.

How many fire stations does Borden County Volunteer Fire Department operate?

Borden County Volunteer Fire Department operates 1 fire station.

What type of fire department is Borden County Volunteer Fire Department?

Borden County Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Borden County, TX. Volunteer departments rely on community members who serve without full-time compensation.

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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