Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

City of Laredo Fire Department

Laredo, TX · Webb County. City of Laredo Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 13 stations and 289 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.

289
Total personnel
13
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

City of Laredo Fire Department pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Texas average.

Top 1%
national personnel size
+750%
vs. Texas average
13
stations
$12,911,804
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
65/100
City of Laredo 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 C
22.2 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
$44,678 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
289 personnel · 13 stations

City of Laredo Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Laredo, TX (Webb County), with 13 stations and 289 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #125 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $12,911,804.

  • National personnel rank #125 of 22,440
  • TX personnel rank #13 of 1,231
  • 4.50 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 4 other listed departments in Webb County

City of Laredo Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

289 Top 1% higher than 99% 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 XK702 · City of Laredo Fire Department, TX 289 personnel · 13 stations

PERS-LARGE · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-HEAVY · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-LARGE 289
  • STA-MULTI 13 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #125
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Lincoln Fire and…
  • FEMA-HEAVY $12.9M
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Lincoln Fire and Rescue, NE (+ 2 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
CAREER
Location
Laredo, TX
FDID
XK702

FEMA Grant History

$12.9M
Cumulative funding (FY2010–2024)
4
Awards
Year Award Amount
2024 EMW-2024-FG-05690 $327,560
2022 EMW-2022-FG-02688 $308,210
2010 EMW-2010-FH-0049 $12,353,191
- EMW2016FH00621 $-77,157.24

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

Staffing vs the Texas average

How City of Laredo Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Texas. In-state it ranks #13 of 1,231 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #125 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 750% above the state average
Stations
13
State fire deaths/yr
241
TX departments
1,879

County roster weight

City of Laredo Fire Department carries 94.1% of Webb County HIFLD personnel

Among 5 listed departments (307 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 40% of the county count. County / state rollup.

4.50 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (13 stations / 289 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Lincoln Fire and Rescue, NE (+2 personnel).

Nearby Departments

City of Rio Bravo Fire Department
Laredo · volunteer
All TX departments →

Nationwide career peers near 289 personnel

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

Lincoln Fire and Rescue, NE 291 Loudoun County Department of Fire Rescue and Emergency Management, VA 287 Waterbury Fire Department, CT 286 Savannah Fire Department, GA 285 Cambridge Fire Department, MA 285 Indian River County Fire Rescue, FL 285 Hialeah Fire Department, FL 294 Evansville Fire Department, IN 282

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does City of Laredo Fire Department have?

City of Laredo Fire Department has 289 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 750% above the Texas average of 34 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #125 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within TX, it ranks #13 of 1,231 by personnel.

Does City of Laredo Fire Department provide EMS services?

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

How many fire stations does City of Laredo Fire Department operate?

City of Laredo Fire Department operates 13 fire stations.

What type of fire department is City of Laredo Fire Department?

City of Laredo Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Webb County, TX. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

Has City of Laredo Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, City of Laredo Fire Department has received 4 FEMA grants totaling $12,911,803.76 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2010–2024 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2024.

How many fire departments are in Texas?

Texas has 1,879 fire departments with 63,369 total personnel. 58% are volunteer departments.

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