Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderFort Sumner Volunteer Fire Department and Ambulance
Fort Sumner, NM · De Baca County. Fort Sumner Volunteer Fire Department and Ambulance is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 26 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.
- 26
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Fort Sumner Volunteer Fire Department and Ambulance pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well above the New Mexico average.
- 44th pct.
- national personnel size
- +86%
- vs. New Mexico 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.
Fort Sumner Volunteer Fire Department and Ambulance is a Volunteer department serving Fort Sumner, NM (De Baca County), with 1 station and 26 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #12,561 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #12,561 of 22,440
- NM personnel rank #61 of 197
- 3.85 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 5 other listed departments in De Baca County
Fort Sumner Volunteer Fire Department and Ambulance vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
26 Top 56% higher than 44% 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 11007 · Fort Sumner Volunteer Fire Department and Ambulance, NM 26 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 26
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #12,561
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Tahlequah
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Tahlequah Fire Department, OK (+ 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.
- Fort Sumner Volun… (this dept) 26
- High Asbury Rehoboth V…, SC 26
- Near Tahlequah, OK 26
- Near Deep Creek Volunt…, MD 26
- Near LA Crosse Volunte…, FL 26
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Fort Sumner, NM
- County
- De Baca County
- FDID
- 11007
Staffing vs the New Mexico average
How Fort Sumner Volunteer Fire Department and Ambulance's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Mexico. In-state it ranks #61 of 197 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #12,561 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 32
- NM departments
- 446
County roster weight
Fort Sumner Volunteer Fire Department and Ambulance carries 100.0% of De Baca County HIFLD personnel
Among 6 listed departments (26 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 17% of the county count. County / state rollup.
3.85 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 26 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Tahlequah Fire Department, OK (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 26 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NM department.