Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderGila Valley Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services
Cliff, NM · Grant County. Gila Valley Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 29 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.
- 29
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Gila Valley Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount more than double the New Mexico average.
- Top 49%
- national personnel size
- +107%
- 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.
Gila Valley Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services is a Volunteer department serving Cliff, NM (Grant County), with 2 stations and 29 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #11,048 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #11,048 of 22,440
- NM personnel rank #48 of 197
- 6.90 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 15 other listed departments in Grant County
Gila Valley Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
29 Top 49% higher than 51% 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 17019 · Gila Valley Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services, NM 29 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 29
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #11,048
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bainville Rural F…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Bainville Rural Fire District, MT (+ 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.
- Gila Valley Volun… (this dept) 29
- High Bangor Volunteer, NY 29
- Near Bainville Rural F…, MT 29
- Near Brushton Volunteer, NY 29
- Near Gresham Rural Fir…, NE 29
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Cliff, NM
- County
- Grant County
- FDID
- 17019
Staffing vs the New Mexico average
How Gila Valley Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Mexico. In-state it ranks #48 of 197 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #11,048 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
Grant County HIFLD mix around Gila Valley Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services
Grant County: 18 departments, 276 personnel (9 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 61% of departments. County / state rollup.
6.90 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 29 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Bainville Rural Fire District, MT (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 29 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NM department.