Department profile
VolunteerHoward County Volunteer Fire Department - Sand Springs
Big Spring, TX · Howard County. Howard County Volunteer Fire Department - Sand Springs is a Volunteer department, 9 stations and 96 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 96
- Total personnel
- 9
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Howard County Volunteer Fire Department - Sand Springs pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Texas average.
- Top 5%
- national personnel size
- +182%
- vs. Texas average
- 9
- 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.
Howard County Volunteer Fire Department - Sand Springs is a Volunteer department serving Big Spring, TX (Howard County), with 9 stations and 96 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,030 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #1,030 of 22,440
- TX personnel rank #62 of 1,231
- 9.38 stations per 100 personnel
- 2 other listed departments in Howard County
Howard County Volunteer Fire Department - Sand Springs vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
96 Top 5% higher than 95% 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 KW301 · Howard County Volunteer Fire Department - Sand Springs, TX 96 personnel · 9 stations
PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 96
- STA-MULTI 9 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-TOP #1,030
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bloomington Fire…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Bloomington Fire Department and Ambulance, 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.
- Howard County Vol… (this dept) 96
- High Rogers, AR 96
- Near Bloomington Fire…, IL 96
- Near Tinker Air Force…, OK 96
- Near Hebron Volunteer, CT 96
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Big Spring, TX
- County
- Howard County
- FDID
- KW301
Staffing vs the Texas average
How Howard County Volunteer Fire Department - Sand Springs's personnel count compares to the typical department in Texas. In-state it ranks #62 of 1,231 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,030 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 9
- State fire deaths/yr
- 241
- TX departments
- 1,879
County roster weight
Howard County Volunteer Fire Department - Sand Springs carries 100.0% of Howard County HIFLD personnel
Among 3 listed departments (96 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 33% of the county count. County / state rollup.
9.38 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (9 stations / 96 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Bloomington Fire Department and Ambulance, IL (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 96 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every TX department.