Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderCity of Weslaco Fire Department - Emergency Medical Services
Weslaco, TX · Hidalgo County. City of Weslaco Fire Department - Emergency Medical Services is a Career (Paid) department, 3 stations and 67 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.
- 67
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
City of Weslaco Fire Department - Emergency Medical Services pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount well above the Texas average.
- Top 9%
- national personnel size
- +97%
- vs. Texas average
- 3
- 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.
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 Weslaco Fire Department - Emergency Medical Services is a Career (Paid) department serving Weslaco, TX (Hidalgo County), with 3 stations and 67 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,085 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,085 of 22,440
- TX personnel rank #101 of 1,231
- 4.48 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 20 other listed departments in Hidalgo County
City of Weslaco 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
67 Top 9% higher than 91% 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 KN614 · City of Weslaco Fire Department - Emergency Medical Services, TX 67 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 67
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #2,085
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Chillicothe Commu…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Chillicothe Community Fire Department, IL (+ 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 Weslaco F… (this dept) 67
- High Voorheesville, NY 67
- Near Chillicothe Commu…, IL 67
- Near Northwest Homer F…, IL 67
- Near Parksley Voluntee…, VA 67
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Weslaco, TX
- County
- Hidalgo County
- FDID
- KN614
Staffing vs the Texas average
How City of Weslaco Fire Department - Emergency Medical Services's personnel count compares to the typical department in Texas. In-state it ranks #101 of 1,231 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,085 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 241
- TX departments
- 1,879
County roster fringe
City of Weslaco Fire Department - Emergency Medical Services is 8.9% of Hidalgo County roster mass
The county lists 23 departments totaling 750 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 13% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
4.48 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 67 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Chillicothe Community Fire Department, IL (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 67 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every TX department.