Department profile
VolunteerFolsom Fire Department
Folsom, NM · Union County. Folsom Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 20 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 20
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Folsom Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the New Mexico average.
- 24th pct.
- national personnel size
- +43%
- 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.
Folsom Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Folsom, NM (Union County), with 2 stations and 20 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #17,035 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #17,035 of 22,440
- NM personnel rank #106 of 197
- 10.00 stations per 100 personnel
- 8 other listed departments in Union County
Folsom Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
20 Top 76% higher than 24% 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 59031 · Folsom Fire Department, NM 20 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 20
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #17,035
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Batavia Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Batavia Volunteer Fire Department, WI (+ 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.
- Folsom (this dept) 20
- High Crary Hose Company, PA 20
- Near Batavia Volunteer, WI 20
- Near Peppers Lake, AR 20
- Near Ingram Volunteer, MS 20
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Folsom, NM
- County
- Union County
- FDID
- 59031
Staffing vs the New Mexico average
How Folsom Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Mexico. In-state it ranks #106 of 197 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #17,035 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 32
- NM departments
- 446
County roster geometry
Union County HIFLD mix around Folsom Fire Department
Union County: 11 departments, 109 personnel (5 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 45% of departments. County / state rollup.
10.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 20 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Batavia Volunteer Fire Department, WI (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 20 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NM department.