Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderLometa Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department
Lometa, TX · Lampasas County. Lometa Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 14 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.
- 14
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Lometa Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well below the Texas average.
- 7th pct.
- national personnel size
- -59%
- vs. Texas average
- 1
- station
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.
Lometa Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department is a Volunteer department serving Lometa, TX (Lampasas County), with 1 station and 14 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #20,810 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #20,810 of 22,440
- TX personnel rank #1,096 of 1,231
- 7.14 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 3 other listed departments in Lampasas County
Lometa Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
14 Top 93% higher than 7% 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 PK304 · Lometa Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department, TX 14 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MICRO 14
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #20,810
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ 1st Rural Fire De…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: 1st Rural Fire Department of Lincoln, 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.
- Lometa Volunteer… (this dept) 14
- High Belvue, KS 14
- Near 1st Rural Fire De…, KS 14
- Near Ada Ottawa Lincoln, KS 14
- Near Alexandria Townsh…, KS 14
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Lometa, TX
- County
- Lampasas County
- FDID
- PK304
Staffing vs the Texas average
How Lometa Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Texas. In-state it ranks #1,096 of 1,231 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #20,810 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
Lampasas County HIFLD mix around Lometa Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department
Lampasas County: 5 departments, 92 personnel (3 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 20% of departments. County / state rollup.
7.14 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 14 roster).
Photo-finish peer: 1st Rural Fire Department of Lincoln, KS (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 14 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every TX department.