Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderLA Feria Volunteer Fire Department
La Feria, TX · Cameron County. LA Feria Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 47 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.
- 47
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
LA Feria Volunteer Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount above the Texas average.
- Top 20%
- national personnel size
- +38%
- vs. Texas average
- 1
- station
- $235,502
- 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.
LA Feria Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving La Feria, TX (Cameron County), with 1 station and 47 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,467 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $235,502.
- National personnel rank #4,467 of 22,440
- TX personnel rank #187 of 1,231
- 2.13 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 8 other listed departments in Cameron County
LA Feria Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
47 Top 20% higher than 80% 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 BV404 · LA Feria Volunteer Fire Department, TX 47 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 47
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #4,467
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Abingdon Fire Pro…
- FEMA-LIGHT $236K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Abingdon 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.
- LA Feria Volunteer (this dept) 47
- High Caseyville Volunt…, IL 47
- Near Abingdon Fire Pro…, IL 47
- Near Bradley, IL 47
- Near Caribou Fire and…, ME 47
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- La Feria, TX
- County
- Cameron County
- FDID
- BV404
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | EMW-2017-FH-00264 | $235,501.97 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Texas average
How LA Feria Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Texas. In-state it ranks #187 of 1,231 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,467 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 241
- TX departments
- 1,879
County roster geometry
Cameron County HIFLD mix around LA Feria Volunteer Fire Department
Cameron County: 11 departments, 431 personnel (4 volunteer / 3 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 36% of departments. County / state rollup.
2.13 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 47 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Abingdon Fire Protection District, IL (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 47 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every TX department.