Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderLongview Fire and Emergency Medical Services
Longview, TX · Gregg County. Longview Fire and Emergency Medical Services is a Career (Paid) department, 8 stations and 160 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.
- 160
- Total personnel
- 8
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Longview Fire and Emergency Medical Services pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Texas average.
- Top 2%
- national personnel size
- +371%
- vs. Texas average
- 8
- 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.
Longview Fire and Emergency Medical Services is a Career (Paid) department serving Longview, TX (Gregg County), with 8 stations and 160 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #361 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #361 of 22,440
- TX personnel rank #30 of 1,231
- 5.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 8 other listed departments in Gregg County
Longview Fire and Emergency Medical Services vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
160 Top 2% higher than 98% 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 HP708 · Longview Fire and Emergency Medical Services, TX 160 personnel · 8 stations
PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 160
- STA-MULTI 8 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #361
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Vineland
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Vineland Fire Department, NJ (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid 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.
- Longview Fire and… (this dept) 160
- High East Rockaway Fir…, NY 160
- Near Vineland, NJ 160
- Near Mendocino Nationa…, CA 160
- Near Cincinnatus, NY 160
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Longview, TX
- County
- Gregg County
- FDID
- HP708
Staffing vs the Texas average
How Longview Fire and Emergency Medical Services's personnel count compares to the typical department in Texas. In-state it ranks #30 of 1,231 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #361 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 8
- State fire deaths/yr
- 241
- TX departments
- 1,879
County roster weight
Longview Fire and Emergency Medical Services carries 50.8% of Gregg County HIFLD personnel
Among 10 listed departments (315 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 30% of the county count. County / state rollup.
5.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (8 stations / 160 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Vineland Fire Department, NJ (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 160 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every TX department.