Department profile
VolunteerFordtran Volunteer Fire Department
Yoakum, TX · Victoria County. Fordtran Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 57 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 57
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Fordtran Volunteer Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the Texas average.
- Top 13%
- national personnel size
- +68%
- vs. Texas average
- 1
- station
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.
Fordtran Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Yoakum, TX (Victoria County), with 1 station and 57 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,897 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,897 of 22,440
- TX personnel rank #128 of 1,231
- 1.75 stations per 100 personnel
- 10 other listed departments in Victoria County
Fordtran Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
57 Top 13% higher than 87% 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 XA403 · Fordtran Volunteer Fire Department, TX 57 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-MID 57
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-UPPER #2,897
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bristol-Kendall F…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Bristol-Kendall Fire Protection District, IL (+ 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.
- Fordtran Volunteer (this dept) 57
- High Grand Forks Air F…, ND 57
- Near Bristol-Kendall F…, IL 57
- Near Coal City Fire Pr…, IL 57
- Near Geneseo Fire Prot…, IL 57
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Yoakum, TX
- County
- Victoria County
- FDID
- XA403
Staffing vs the Texas average
How Fordtran Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Texas. In-state it ranks #128 of 1,231 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,897 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 241
- TX departments
- 1,879
County roster geometry
Victoria County HIFLD mix around Fordtran Volunteer Fire Department
Victoria County: 13 departments, 405 personnel (8 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 31% of departments. County / state rollup.
1.75 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 57 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Bristol-Kendall Fire Protection District, IL (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 57 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every TX department.