Department profile
VolunteerCottonwood Volunteer Fire Department
Artesia, NM · Eddy County. Cottonwood Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 15 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 15
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Cottonwood Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the New Mexico average.
- 11th pct.
- national personnel size
- +7%
- vs. New Mexico 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.
Cottonwood Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Artesia, NM (Eddy County), with 2 stations and 15 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #20,084 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #20,084 of 22,440
- NM personnel rank #152 of 197
- 13.33 stations per 100 personnel
- 19 other listed departments in Eddy County
Cottonwood Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
15 Top 89% higher than 11% 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 15025 · Cottonwood Volunteer Fire Department, NM 15 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MICRO · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MICRO 15
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #20,084
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Ridgecrest Volunt…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Ridgecrest Volunteer Fire Department, LA (+ 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 NM department.
- Cottonwood Volunt… (this dept) 15
- High Trailer Estates, FL 15
- Near Ridgecrest Volunt…, LA 15
- Near Sadsburyville Fir…, PA 15
- Near Hanover Township…, OH 15
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Artesia, NM
- County
- Eddy County
- FDID
- 15025
Staffing vs the New Mexico average
How Cottonwood Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Mexico. In-state it ranks #152 of 197 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #20,084 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 32
- NM departments
- 446
County roster fringe
Cottonwood Volunteer Fire Department is 4.8% of Eddy County roster mass
The county lists 26 departments totaling 310 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 85% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
13.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 15 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Ridgecrest Volunteer Fire Department, LA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 15 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NM department.