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Far South Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department

Chaparral, NM · Otero County. Far South Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department is a fire department. 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.

Not reported
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service
F
PlainFireData Composite Score
0/100
Far South Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department

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.

Staffing capacity
No station count on file for this department
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
Other department profile

Far South Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department is a fire department serving Chaparral, NM (Otero County). According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields.

  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 25 other listed departments in Otero County

Dispatch plate

Sheet NM-FAR-SOUTH-VOLUNTEER-FIRE-AND-RESCUE-DEPARTMENT-NM · Far South Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department, NM personnel n/a

PERS-UNK · STA-UNK · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-Y · RANK-UNK · GAP-UNK · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-THIN

  • PERS-UNK Staff pending
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UNK Rank pending
  • GAP-UNK Gap pending
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-THIN 1/5 fields

Instrument codes from this department’s HIFLD personnel and station counts, staffing type, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer department, FEMA AFG/SAFER book, and field completeness, not a readiness rating.

Department Profile

Type
Location
Chaparral, NM

County roster geometry

Otero County HIFLD mix around Far South Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department

Otero County: 33 departments, 278 personnel (12 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 70% of departments. County / state rollup.

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

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Alamo West Fire Rescue
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Boles Acres Volunteer Fire Department
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Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Far South Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department have?

Personnel data for Far South Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department is not available in the HIFLD database.

Does Far South Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department provide EMS services?

Yes, Far South Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Far South Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department operate?

Station count data for Far South Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department is not available in the HIFLD database.

What type of fire department is Far South Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department?

Far South Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department is a fire department serving Otero County, NM.

How many fire departments are in New Mexico?

New Mexico has 446 fire departments with 6,225 total personnel. 44% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Verify with USFA/FEMA →

HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.