Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Bulverde Fire Department

Bulverde, TX · Comal County. Bulverde Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 44 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.

44
Total personnel
3
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Bulverde Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount above the Texas average.

Top 23%
national personnel size
+29%
vs. Texas average
3
stations

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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
20/100
Bulverde 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 D
14.7 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
44 personnel · 3 stations

Bulverde Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Bulverde, TX (Comal County), with 3 stations and 44 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #5,096 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #5,096 of 22,440
  • TX personnel rank #213 of 1,231
  • 6.82 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 7 other listed departments in Comal County

Bulverde Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

44 Top 23% higher than 77% of 22,440 departments

Listable U.S. fire departments, banded by total personnel

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more departments. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source HIFLD fire-station registry · 2026-09-06

Dispatch plate

Sheet CS401 · Bulverde Fire Department, TX 44 personnel · 3 stations

PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 44
  • STA-FEW 3 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #5,096
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Augusta Fire Depa…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Augusta Fire Department - Central Station, ME (+ 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
MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
Location
Bulverde, TX
FDID
CS401

Staffing vs the Texas average

How Bulverde Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Texas. In-state it ranks #213 of 1,231 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #5,096 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 29% above the state average
Stations
3
State fire deaths/yr
241
TX departments
1,879

County roster weight

Bulverde Fire Department carries 29.3% of Comal County HIFLD personnel

Among 9 listed departments (150 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 33% of the county count. County / state rollup.

6.82 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 44 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Augusta Fire Department - Central Station, ME (+0 personnel).

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

Nationwide volunteer peers near 44 personnel

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