Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderLas Alturas Fire Department
Las Cruces, NM · Dona Ana County. Las Alturas Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 30 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.
- 30
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Las Alturas Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount more than double the New Mexico average.
- Top 46%
- national personnel size
- +114%
- vs. New Mexico 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.
Las Alturas Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Las Cruces, NM (Dona Ana County), with 2 stations and 30 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #10,333 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #10,333 of 22,440
- NM personnel rank #44 of 197
- 6.67 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 20 other listed departments in Dona Ana County
Las Alturas Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
30 Top 46% higher than 54% 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 13097 · Las Alturas Fire Department, NM 30 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 30
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #10,333
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Rush City
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Rush City Fire Department, MN (+ 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 NM department.
- Las Alturas (this dept) 30
- High Cheriton Volunteer, VA 30
- Near Rush City, MN 30
- Near Stacy-Lent, MN 30
- Near Wyoming, MN 30
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Las Cruces, NM
- County
- Dona Ana County
- FDID
- 13097
Staffing vs the New Mexico average
How Las Alturas Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Mexico. In-state it ranks #44 of 197 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #10,333 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 32
- NM departments
- 446
County roster fringe
Las Alturas Fire Department is 6.6% of Dona Ana County roster mass
The county lists 24 departments totaling 454 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 88% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
6.67 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 30 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Rush City Fire Department, MN (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 30 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NM department.