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Chisholm Trail Fire and Rescue

Kyle, TX · Hays County. Chisholm Trail Fire and Rescue is a fire department, 4 stations and 20 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.

20
Total personnel
4
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Chisholm Trail Fire and Rescue pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Texas average.

25th pct.
national personnel size
-41%
vs. Texas average
4
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.

F
PlainFireData Composite Score
4/100
Chisholm Trail Fire and Rescue

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
5 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
20 personnel · 4 stations

Chisholm Trail Fire and Rescue is a fire department serving Kyle, TX (Hays County), with 4 stations and 20 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #16,839 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #16,839 of 22,440
  • TX personnel rank #813 of 1,231
  • 20.00 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 9 other listed departments in Hays County

Chisholm Trail Fire and Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution

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

20 Top 75% higher than 25% 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-CHISHOLM-TRAIL-FIRE-AND-RESCUE-TX · Chisholm Trail Fire and Rescue, TX 20 personnel · 4 stations

PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-SMALL 20
  • STA-FEW 4 stations
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #16,839
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Abilene
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Abilene Fire Department, KS (+ 0 personnel)

Instrument codes from this department’s HIFLD personnel and station counts, staffing type, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer department, FEMA AFG/SAFER book, and field completeness, not a readiness rating.

Personnel neighbourhood

Nationwide HIFLD headcount poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every TX department.

Department Profile

Type
Location
Kyle, TX

Staffing vs the Texas average

How Chisholm Trail Fire and Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in Texas. In-state it ranks #813 of 1,231 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #16,839 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 41% below the state average
Stations
4
State fire deaths/yr
241
TX departments
1,879

County roster fringe

Chisholm Trail Fire and Rescue is 5.8% of Hays County roster mass

The county lists 14 departments totaling 343 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 7% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

20.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 20 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Abilene Fire Department, KS (+0 personnel).

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

Nearby Departments

Buda Volunteer Fire Department
Buda · volunteer
Henly Volunteer Fire Department
Dripping Springs · volunteer
Kyle Volunteer Fire Department
Kyle · volunteer
North Hays County Volunteer Fire Department
Dripping Springs · volunteer
Uhland Volunteer Fire Department
Uhland · volunteer
All TX departments →

Nationwide departments near 20 personnel

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

Abilene Fire Department, KS 20 Alliant Techsystems Incorporated - Launch Systems Fire Department, UT 20 Andover Fire Department, ME 20 Anna Fire Department, IL 20

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Chisholm Trail Fire and Rescue have?

Chisholm Trail Fire and Rescue has 20 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 41% below the Texas average of 34 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #16,839 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within TX, it ranks #813 of 1,231 by personnel.

Does Chisholm Trail Fire and Rescue provide EMS services?

Yes, Chisholm Trail Fire and Rescue provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Chisholm Trail Fire and Rescue operate?

Chisholm Trail Fire and Rescue operates 4 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Chisholm Trail Fire and Rescue?

Chisholm Trail Fire and Rescue is a fire department serving Hays County, TX.

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.