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Hamilton Volunteer Fire Department

Hamilton, TX · Hamilton County. Hamilton Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 25 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.

25
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Hamilton Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Texas average.

40th pct.
national personnel size
-26%
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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
54/100
Hamilton Volunteer Fire 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 C
25 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
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
25 personnel · 1 station

Hamilton Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Hamilton, TX (Hamilton County), with 1 station and 25 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #13,471 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #13,471 of 22,440
  • TX personnel rank #617 of 1,231
  • 4.00 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 3 other listed departments in Hamilton County

Hamilton Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

25 Top 60% higher than 40% 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 HW404 · Hamilton Volunteer Fire Department, TX 25 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 25
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #13,471
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Addieville Commun…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Addieville Community 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Hamilton, TX
FDID
HW404

Staffing vs the Texas average

How Hamilton Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Texas. In-state it ranks #617 of 1,231 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #13,471 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 26% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
241
TX departments
1,879

County roster weight

Hamilton Volunteer Fire Department carries 47.2% of Hamilton County HIFLD personnel

Among 4 listed departments (53 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 75% of the county count. County / state rollup.

4.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 25 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Addieville Community Fire Protection District, IL (+0 personnel).

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

Nearby Departments

Carlton Volunteer Fire Department
Carlton · volunteer
Pottsville Fire Department
Pottsville · volunteer
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Nationwide volunteer peers near 25 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every TX department.