Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderCity of Waco Fire Department
Waco, TX · Mclennan County. City of Waco Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 14 stations and 185 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.
- 185
- Total personnel
- 14
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
City of Waco Fire Department pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Texas average.
- Top 1%
- national personnel size
- +444%
- vs. Texas average
- 14
- stations
- $254,443
- 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 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.
City of Waco Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Waco, TX (Mclennan County), with 14 stations and 185 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #265 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $254,443.
- National personnel rank #265 of 22,440
- TX personnel rank #23 of 1,231
- 7.57 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 18 other listed departments in Mclennan County
City of Waco Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
185 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 RN726 · City of Waco Fire Department, TX 185 personnel · 14 stations
PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 185
- STA-MULTI 14 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #265
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bossier City
- FEMA-LIGHT $254K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Bossier City Fire Department, LA (+ 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.
- City of Waco (this dept) 185
- High City of Nashua Fi…, NH 185
- Near Bossier City, LA 185
- Near Hammond, IN 185
- Low Harrison County F…, MS 184
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Waco, TX
- County
- Mclennan County
- FDID
- RN726
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | EMW-2023-FG-06835 | $254,443.63 |
| 2018 | EMW-2018-FH-00425 | $-0.3 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Texas average
How City of Waco Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Texas. In-state it ranks #23 of 1,231 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #265 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 14
- State fire deaths/yr
- 241
- TX departments
- 1,879
County roster weight
City of Waco Fire Department carries 35.0% of Mclennan County HIFLD personnel
Among 21 listed departments (529 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 67% of the county count. County / state rollup.
7.57 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (14 stations / 185 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Bossier City Fire Department, LA (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 185 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every TX department.