Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderHiggins Lipscomb Fire and Emergency Medical Services
Higgins, TX · Lipscomb County. Higgins Lipscomb Fire and Emergency Medical Services is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 20 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.
- 20
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Higgins Lipscomb Fire and Emergency Medical Services pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Texas average.
- 24th pct.
- national personnel size
- -41%
- vs. Texas 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.
Higgins Lipscomb Fire and Emergency Medical Services is a Volunteer department serving Higgins, TX (Lipscomb 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 #17,145 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #17,145 of 22,440
- TX personnel rank #829 of 1,231
- 10.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 3 other listed departments in Lipscomb County
Higgins Lipscomb Fire and Emergency Medical Services 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 PV304 · Higgins Lipscomb Fire and Emergency Medical Services, TX 20 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 20
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #17,145
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Abilene
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Abilene Fire Department, KS (+ 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.
- Higgins Lipscomb… (this dept) 20
- High Anna, IL 20
- Near Abilene, KS 20
- Near Alliant Techsyste…, UT 20
- Near Andover, ME 20
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Higgins, TX
- County
- Lipscomb County
- FDID
- PV304
Staffing vs the Texas average
How Higgins Lipscomb Fire and Emergency Medical Services's personnel count compares to the typical department in Texas. In-state it ranks #829 of 1,231 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #17,145 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 241
- TX departments
- 1,879
County roster weight
Higgins Lipscomb Fire and Emergency Medical Services carries 52.6% of Lipscomb County HIFLD personnel
Among 4 listed departments (38 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 50% of the county count. County / state rollup.
10.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 20 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Abilene Fire Department, KS (+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 TX department.