Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderDenton Fire Department
Denton, TX · Denton County. Denton Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 6 stations and 155 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.
- 155
- Total personnel
- 6
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Denton Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Texas average.
- Top 2%
- national personnel size
- +356%
- vs. Texas average
- 6
- stations
- $7,690,625
- 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.
Denton Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Denton, TX (Denton County), with 6 stations and 155 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #382 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $7,690,625.
- National personnel rank #382 of 22,440
- TX personnel rank #33 of 1,231
- 3.87 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 21 other listed departments in Denton County
Denton Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
155 Top 2% higher than 98% 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 DR604 · Denton Fire Department, TX 155 personnel · 6 stations
PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-HEAVY · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 155
- STA-MULTI 6 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #382
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Washington Townsh…
- FEMA-HEAVY $7.7M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Washington Township Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services, OH (+ 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.
- High Palm Beach Garden…, FL 156
- Denton (this dept) 155
- Near Washington Townsh…, OH 155
- Near Plainview, NY 155
- Near Racine, WI 155
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Denton, TX
- County
- Denton County
- FDID
- DR604
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | EMW-2022-FF-01860 | $2,035,458 |
| 2022 | EMW-2022-FG-06769 | $30,136.36 |
| 2021 | EMW-2021-FF-01282 | $3,731,892 |
| 2020 | EMW-2020-FF-00715 | $989,136.3 |
| 2019 | EMW-2019-FF-00862 | $933,728.56 |
| - | EMW2016FH00195 | $-29,726 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Texas average
How Denton Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Texas. In-state it ranks #33 of 1,231 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #382 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 6
- State fire deaths/yr
- 241
- TX departments
- 1,879
County staffing outlier
Career (Paid) island in a volunteer-heavy Denton County
County mix is mostly volunteer (13 volunteer / 5 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.
3.87 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (6 stations / 155 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Washington Township Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services, OH (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 155 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every TX department.