Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

City of Ennis Fire Department Emergency Medical Services

Ennis, TX · Ellis County. City of Ennis Fire Department Emergency Medical Services is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations and 55 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.

55
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

City of Ennis Fire Department Emergency Medical Services pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the Texas average.

Top 14%
national personnel size
+62%
vs. Texas average
2
stations
$1,988,272
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.

B
PlainFireData Composite Score
70/100
City of Ennis Fire Department 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 B
27.5 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 A
$36,150 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
55 personnel · 2 stations

City of Ennis Fire Department Emergency Medical Services is a Career (Paid) department serving Ennis, TX (Ellis County), with 2 stations and 55 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,111 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $1,988,272.

  • National personnel rank #3,111 of 22,440
  • TX personnel rank #140 of 1,231
  • 3.64 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 20 other listed departments in Ellis County

City of Ennis Fire Department Emergency Medical Services vs. the national personnel distribution

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

55 Top 14% higher than 86% 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 GC605 · City of Ennis Fire Department Emergency Medical Services, TX 55 personnel · 2 stations

PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MID 55
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #3,111
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Boothbay Volunteer
  • FEMA-MID $2.0M
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Boothbay Volunteer Fire Department, ME (+ 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
Ennis, TX
FDID
GC605

FEMA Grant History

$2.0M
Cumulative funding (FY2017)
1
Awards
Year Award Amount
2017 EMW2015FH00064 $1,988,272

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

Staffing vs the Texas average

How City of Ennis Fire Department Emergency Medical Services's personnel count compares to the typical department in Texas. In-state it ranks #140 of 1,231 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,111 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 62% above the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
241
TX departments
1,879

County staffing outlier

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

County mix is mostly volunteer (11 volunteer / 3 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.

3.64 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 55 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Boothbay Volunteer Fire Department, ME (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Alma Volunteer Fire Department
Ennis · volunteer
Ennis Fire Department
Ennis · other
Ferris Fire Department
Ferris · volunteer
All TX departments →

Nationwide career peers near 55 personnel

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

Boothbay Volunteer Fire Department, ME 55 Brunswick Fire Department - Central Station, ME 55 Clay City Fire Protection District, IL 55 Clearwater Fire Department, KS 55 Dixmoor Fire Department, IL 55 Hyattstown Volunteer Fire Department, MD 55 Niles Fire Department, IL 55 Orange Beach Fire and Rescue, AL 55

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does City of Ennis Fire Department Emergency Medical Services have?

City of Ennis Fire Department Emergency Medical Services has 55 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 62% above the Texas average of 34 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #3,111 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within TX, it ranks #140 of 1,231 by personnel.

Does City of Ennis Fire Department Emergency Medical Services provide EMS services?

Yes, City of Ennis Fire Department Emergency Medical Services provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does City of Ennis Fire Department Emergency Medical Services operate?

City of Ennis Fire Department Emergency Medical Services operates 2 fire stations.

What type of fire department is City of Ennis Fire Department Emergency Medical Services?

City of Ennis Fire Department Emergency Medical Services is a Career (Paid) department serving Ellis County, TX. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

Has City of Ennis Fire Department Emergency Medical Services received federal grants?

Yes, City of Ennis Fire Department Emergency Medical Services has received 1 FEMA grant totaling $1,988,272 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2017 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2017.

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.