Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderBowman Volunteer Fire Department
Wichita Falls, TX · Archer County. Bowman Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 11 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.
- 11
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Bowman Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well below the Texas average.
- 3rd pct.
- national personnel size
- -68%
- 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.
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.
Bowman Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Wichita Falls, TX (Archer County), with 1 station and 11 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #21,676 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #21,676 of 22,440
- TX personnel rank #1,162 of 1,231
- 9.09 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 6 other listed departments in Archer County
Bowman Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
11 Top 97% higher than 3% 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 AF302 · Bowman Volunteer Fire Department, TX 11 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MICRO 11
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #21,676
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ 156th Cuerpo Emer…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: 156th Cuerpo Emergencias Servicios Fire Department, PR (+ 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.
- Bowman Volunteer (this dept) 11
- High Dunklin, SC 11
- Near 156th Cuerpo Emer…, PR 11
- Near Bisbee, AZ 11
- Near Deblois Volunteer, ME 11
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Wichita Falls, TX
- County
- Archer County
- FDID
- AF302
Staffing vs the Texas average
How Bowman Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Texas. In-state it ranks #1,162 of 1,231 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #21,676 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 241
- TX departments
- 1,879
County roster geometry
Archer County HIFLD mix around Bowman Volunteer Fire Department
Archer County: 7 departments, 94 personnel (5 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 57% of departments. County / state rollup.
9.09 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 11 roster).
Photo-finish peer: 156th Cuerpo Emergencias Servicios Fire Department, PR (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 11 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every TX department.