Department profile

Career (Paid)

City of Marble Falls Fire Department

Marble Falls, TX · Burnet County. City of Marble Falls Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department and 7 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

7
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

City of Marble Falls Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well below the Texas average.

1st pct.
national personnel size
-79%
vs. Texas average
$1,195,558
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.

A
PlainFireData Composite Score
100/100
City of Marble Falls 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
No station count on file for this department
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment A
$170,794 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
7 personnel

City of Marble Falls Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Marble Falls, TX (Burnet County) and 7 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #22,271 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $1,195,558.

  • National personnel rank #22,271 of 22,440
  • TX personnel rank #1,216 of 1,231
  • 8 other listed departments in Burnet County

City of Marble Falls Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

7 Top 99% higher than 1% 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 BP408 · City of Marble Falls Fire Department, TX 7 personnel

PERS-MICRO · STA-UNK · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MICRO 7
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-LOWER #22,271
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Army National Gua…
  • FEMA-MID $1.2M
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Army National Guard Crash and Rescue, NC (+ 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
CAREER
Location
Marble Falls, TX
FDID
BP408

FEMA Grant History

$1.2M
Cumulative funding (FY2017–2023)
2
Awards
Year Award Amount
2023 EMW-2023-FF-00046 $858,438
2017 EMW-2017-FH-00211 $337,119.77

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

Staffing vs the Texas average

How City of Marble Falls Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Texas. In-state it ranks #1,216 of 1,231 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #22,271 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 79% below the state average
Stations
Not reported
State fire deaths/yr
241
TX departments
1,879

County roster fringe

City of Marble Falls Fire Department is 3.7% of Burnet County roster mass

The county lists 9 departments totaling 188 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 33% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

Photo-finish peer: Army National Guard Crash and Rescue, NC (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Briggs Fire Department
Briggs · volunteer
Cassie Volunteer Fire Department
Burnet · volunteer
City of Burnet Fire Department
Burnet · volunteer
Cottonwood Shores Area Volunteer Fire Department
Cottonwood Shores · volunteer
Oakalla Volunteer Fire Department
Briggs · volunteer
All TX departments →

Nationwide career peers near 7 personnel

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

Army National Guard Crash and Rescue, NC 7 Brewster Fire Department, KS 7 Mulberry Fire Department, KS 7 Robbins - Sutter Basin Fire Protection District, CA 7 Saint Louis Regional Airport Fire Department, IL 7 Willard Airport Fire Department, IL 7 National Park Service - Petrified Forest National Park - Rainbow Forest Entrance, AZ 7 Henry County Department of Public Safety, VA 7

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does City of Marble Falls Fire Department have?

City of Marble Falls Fire Department has 7 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 79% below the Texas average of 34 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #22,271 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within TX, it ranks #1,216 of 1,231 by personnel.

Does City of Marble Falls Fire Department provide EMS services?

City of Marble Falls Fire Department is not listed as providing EMS in the HIFLD record. Contact local emergency services to confirm which agency covers medical calls.

How many fire stations does City of Marble Falls Fire Department operate?

Station count data for City of Marble Falls Fire Department is not available in the HIFLD database.

What type of fire department is City of Marble Falls Fire Department?

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

Has City of Marble Falls Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, City of Marble Falls Fire Department has received 2 FEMA grants totaling $1,195,557.77 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2017–2023 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2023.

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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