Department profile
VolunteerBrenham Fire Department
Brenham, TX · Washington County. Brenham Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 61 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 61
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Brenham Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the Texas average.
- Top 11%
- 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.
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.
Brenham Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Brenham, TX (Washington County), with 1 station and 61 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,488 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,488 of 22,440
- TX personnel rank #116 of 1,231
- 1.64 stations per 100 personnel
- 5 other listed departments in Washington County
Brenham Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
61 Top 11% higher than 89% 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 XG501 · Brenham Fire Department, TX 61 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 61
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #2,488
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Barrington
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Barrington Fire Department, IL (+ 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.
- Brenham (this dept) 61
- High Georgetown City, KY 61
- Near Barrington, IL 61
- Near Bartlett Fire Pro…, IL 61
- Near Durham, ME 61
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Brenham, TX
- County
- Washington County
- FDID
- XG501
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | EMW2008FF00416 | $-576 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Texas average
How Brenham Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Texas. In-state it ranks #116 of 1,231 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,488 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
Washington County HIFLD mix around Brenham Fire Department
Washington County: 6 departments, 270 personnel (6 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 0% of departments. County / state rollup.
1.64 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 61 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Barrington Fire Department, IL (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 61 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every TX department.