Department profile
VolunteerElkhart Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated
Elkhart, TX · Anderson County. Elkhart Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated is a Volunteer department and 21 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 21
- Total personnel
- Not reported
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Elkhart Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Texas average.
- 28th pct.
- national personnel size
- -38%
- vs. Texas average
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.
Elkhart Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated is a Volunteer department serving Elkhart, TX (Anderson County) and 21 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #16,222 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #16,222 of 22,440
- TX personnel rank #773 of 1,231
- 16 other listed departments in Anderson County
Elkhart Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
21 Top 72% higher than 28% 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 AA301 · Elkhart Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated, TX 21 personnel
PERS-SMALL · STA-UNK · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 21
- STA-UNK Stations pending
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #16,222
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Almena Area
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Almena Area Fire Department, KS (+ 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.
- Elkhart Volunteer… (this dept) 21
- High Bridgewater, ME 21
- Near Almena Area, KS 21
- Near Ashmore Fire Prot…, IL 21
- Near Belmont Volunteer, ME 21
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Elkhart, TX
- County
- Anderson County
- FDID
- AA301
Staffing vs the Texas average
How Elkhart Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated's personnel count compares to the typical department in Texas. In-state it ranks #773 of 1,231 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #16,222 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- Not reported
- State fire deaths/yr
- 241
- TX departments
- 1,879
County roster fringe
Elkhart Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated is 7.6% of Anderson County roster mass
The county lists 18 departments totaling 278 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 61% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
Photo-finish peer: Almena Area Fire Department, KS (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 21 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every TX department.