Department profile
VolunteerHouston Volunteer Fire Company
Houston, DE · Kent County. Houston Volunteer Fire Company is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 55 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 55
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Houston Volunteer Fire Company pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount below the Delaware average.
- Top 14%
- national personnel size
- -15%
- vs. Delaware average
- 1
- station
- $250,238
- FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record
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.
Houston Volunteer Fire Company is a Volunteer department serving Houston, DE (Kent County), with 1 station and 55 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,160 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $250,238.
- National personnel rank #3,160 of 22,440
- DE personnel rank #41 of 51
- 1.82 stations per 100 personnel
- 15 other listed departments in Kent County
Houston Volunteer Fire Company vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
55 Top 14% higher than 86% 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 30052 · Houston Volunteer Fire Company, DE 55 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 55
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #3,160
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Jefferson Volunte…
- FEMA-LIGHT $250K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Jefferson Volunteer Fire Company and Ambulance Service, PA (+ 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 DE department.
- Houston Volunteer… (this dept) 55
- High Hamlin, NY 55
- Near Jefferson Volunte…, PA 55
- Near Hustontown Area V…, PA 55
- Near Wrights Corners F…, NY 55
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Houston, DE
- County
- Kent County
- FDID
- 30052
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | EMW-2024-FG-04793 | $250,238.09 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Delaware average
How Houston Volunteer Fire Company's personnel count compares to the typical department in Delaware. In-state it ranks #41 of 51 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,160 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 11
- DE departments
- 80
County roster fringe
Houston Volunteer Fire Company is 4.2% of Kent County roster mass
The county lists 20 departments totaling 1,321 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 65% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
1.82 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 55 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Jefferson Volunteer Fire Company and Ambulance Service, PA (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 55 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every DE department.