Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderDallas Fire-Rescue
Dallas, TX · Dallas County. Dallas Fire-Rescue is a Career (Paid) department, 55 stations and 2,030 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.
- 2,030
- Total personnel
- 55
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Dallas Fire-Rescue pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Texas average.
- Top 1%
- national personnel size
- +5871%
- vs. Texas average
- 55
- stations
- $2,688,468
- 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.
Dallas Fire-Rescue is a Career (Paid) department serving Dallas, TX (Dallas County), with 55 stations and 2,030 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #5 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $2,688,468.
- National personnel rank #5 of 22,440
- TX personnel rank #2 of 1,231
- 2.71 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 24 other listed departments in Dallas County
Dallas Fire-Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
2,030 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 DH807 · Dallas Fire-Rescue, TX 2,030 personnel · 55 stations
PERS-METRO · STA-SYSTEM · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-METRO 2,030
- STA-SYSTEM 55 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #5
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ California Depart…
- FEMA-MID $2.7M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection - Perris Station, CA (+ 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.
- Dallas Fire-Rescue (this dept) 2,030
- High California Depart…, CA 2,030
- Near Prince Georges Co…, MD 1,981
- Near San Francisco, CA 1,835
- Low City of Memphis D…, TN 1,808
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Dallas, TX
- County
- Dallas County
- FDID
- DH807
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | EMW-2020-FG-01749 | $846,261 |
| 2017 | EMW2016FP00475 | $196,699 |
| 2009 | EMW-2009-FO-1088 | $1,645,508 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Texas average
How Dallas Fire-Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in Texas. In-state it ranks #2 of 1,231 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #5 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 55
- State fire deaths/yr
- 241
- TX departments
- 1,879
County roster weight
Dallas Fire-Rescue carries 50.8% of Dallas County HIFLD personnel
Among 40 listed departments (3,996 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 15% of the county count. County / state rollup.
2.71 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (55 stations / 2,030 roster).
Photo-finish peer: California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection - Perris Station, CA (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 2,030 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every TX department.