Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Canyon Lake Fire and Emergency Medical Services

Canyon Lake, TX · Comal County. Canyon Lake Fire and Emergency Medical Services is a Career (Paid) department, 5 stations and 24 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.

24
Total personnel
5
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Canyon Lake Fire and Emergency Medical Services pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Texas average.

36th pct.
national personnel size
-29%
vs. Texas average
5
stations
$495,000
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.

F
PlainFireData Composite Score
4/100
Canyon Lake Fire 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 F
4.8 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
24 personnel · 5 stations

Canyon Lake Fire and Emergency Medical Services is a Career (Paid) department serving Canyon Lake, TX (Comal County), with 5 stations and 24 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #14,281 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $495,000.

  • National personnel rank #14,281 of 22,440
  • TX personnel rank #668 of 1,231
  • 20.83 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 7 other listed departments in Comal County

Canyon Lake Fire and Emergency Medical Services vs. the national personnel distribution

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

24 Top 64% higher than 36% 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 CS616 · Canyon Lake Fire and Emergency Medical Services, TX 24 personnel · 5 stations

PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 24
  • STA-FEW 5 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #14,281
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ 134th Ces/Cef Ten…
  • FEMA-LIGHT $495K
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: 134th Ces/Cef Tennessee Air National Guard-Dod, TN (+ 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
Canyon Lake, TX
FDID
CS616

FEMA Grant History

$0
Cumulative funding (FY2011)
0
Awards
Year Award Amount
2011 EMW-2011-FV-0512 $495,000

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

Staffing vs the Texas average

How Canyon Lake Fire and Emergency Medical Services's personnel count compares to the typical department in Texas. In-state it ranks #668 of 1,231 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #14,281 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 29% below the state average
Stations
5
State fire deaths/yr
241
TX departments
1,879

County staffing outlier

Career (Paid) island in a volunteer-heavy Comal County

County mix is mostly volunteer (3 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.

20.83 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (5 stations / 24 roster).

Photo-finish peer: 134th Ces/Cef Tennessee Air National Guard-Dod, TN (+0 personnel).

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Nationwide career peers near 24 personnel

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

134th Ces/Cef Tennessee Air National Guard-Dod, TN 24 Altoona Fire Department, KS 24 Andover Fire and Rescue, KS 24 Annawan-Alba Fire Protection District, IL 24 Dixon City Fire Department, IL 24 Illinois National Guard 183rd Tactical Fire Department-Dod, IL 24 North Dakota Air National Guard Fire Department - Hector Field, ND 24 Robbins Fire Department, IL 24

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Canyon Lake Fire and Emergency Medical Services have?

Canyon Lake Fire and Emergency Medical Services has 24 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 29% below the Texas average of 34 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #14,281 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within TX, it ranks #668 of 1,231 by personnel.

Does Canyon Lake Fire and Emergency Medical Services provide EMS services?

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

How many fire stations does Canyon Lake Fire and Emergency Medical Services operate?

Canyon Lake Fire and Emergency Medical Services operates 5 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Canyon Lake Fire and Emergency Medical Services?

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

Has Canyon Lake Fire and Emergency Medical Services received federal grants?

Yes, Canyon Lake Fire and Emergency Medical Services has received 1 FEMA grant totaling $495,000 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2011 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2011.

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.