Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderLubbock Fire Department
Lubbock, TX · Lubbock County. Lubbock Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 14 stations and 278 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.
- 278
- Total personnel
- 14
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Lubbock Fire Department pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Texas average.
- Top 1%
- national personnel size
- +718%
- vs. Texas average
- 14
- 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.
Lubbock Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Lubbock, TX (Lubbock County), with 14 stations and 278 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #133 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #133 of 22,440
- TX personnel rank #14 of 1,231
- 5.04 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 8 other listed departments in Lubbock County
Lubbock Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
278 Top 1% higher than 99% 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 PY603 · Lubbock Fire Department, TX 278 personnel · 14 stations
PERS-LARGE · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-LARGE 278
- STA-MULTI 14 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #133
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Atlantic City
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Atlantic City Fire Department, NJ (+ 1 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.
- High Atlantic City, NJ 279
- Lubbock (this dept) 278
- Near Winslow Township…, NJ 277
- Low Lawrence Douglas…, KS 276
- Near West Haven, CT 276
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Lubbock, TX
- County
- Lubbock County
- FDID
- PY603
Staffing vs the Texas average
How Lubbock Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Texas. In-state it ranks #14 of 1,231 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #133 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 14
- State fire deaths/yr
- 241
- TX departments
- 1,879
County roster weight
Lubbock Fire Department carries 54.0% of Lubbock County HIFLD personnel
Among 10 listed departments (515 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 80% of the county count. County / state rollup.
5.04 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (14 stations / 278 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Atlantic City Fire Department, NJ (+1 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 278 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every TX department.