Department profile
VolunteerClute Volunteer Fire Department
Clute, TX · Brazoria County. Clute Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 32 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 32
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Clute Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the Texas average.
- Top 40%
- national personnel size
- -6%
- vs. Texas average
- 2
- 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.
Clute Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Clute, TX (Brazoria County), with 2 stations and 32 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #9,015 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #9,015 of 22,440
- TX personnel rank #389 of 1,231
- 6.25 stations per 100 personnel
- 23 other listed departments in Brazoria County
Clute Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
32 Top 40% higher than 60% 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 BB506 · Clute Volunteer Fire Department, TX 32 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 32
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-MID #9,015
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Andalusia Fire Pr…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Andalusia Fire Protection District, IL (+ 0 personnel)
Volunteer 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.
- Clute Volunteer (this dept) 32
- High Bensenville Fire…, IL 32
- Near Andalusia Fire Pr…, IL 32
- Near Athens Fancy Prai…, IL 32
- Near Belknap Volunteer, IL 32
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Clute, TX
- County
- Brazoria County
- FDID
- BB506
Staffing vs the Texas average
How Clute Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Texas. In-state it ranks #389 of 1,231 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #9,015 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 241
- TX departments
- 1,879
County roster fringe
Clute Volunteer Fire Department is 5.6% of Brazoria County roster mass
The county lists 28 departments totaling 572 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 14% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
6.25 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 32 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Andalusia Fire Protection District, IL (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 32 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every TX department.