Department profile
Career (Paid)Marlin Fire Department
Marlin, TX · Falls County. Marlin Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations and 13 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 13
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Marlin Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well below the Texas average.
- 6th pct.
- national personnel size
- -62%
- vs. Texas 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.
Marlin Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Marlin, TX (Falls County), with 2 stations and 13 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #21,141 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #21,141 of 22,440
- TX personnel rank #1,125 of 1,231
- 15.38 stations per 100 personnel
- 7 other listed departments in Falls County
Marlin Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
13 Top 94% higher than 6% 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 GG503 · Marlin Fire Department, TX 13 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MICRO · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MICRO 13
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #21,141
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Athens Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Athens Volunteer Fire Department, ME (+ 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.
- Marlin (this dept) 13
- High Belpre Township, KS 13
- Near Athens Volunteer, ME 13
- Near Aurora Volunteer, ME 13
- Near Bath Fire Protect…, IL 13
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Marlin, TX
- County
- Falls County
- FDID
- GG503
Staffing vs the Texas average
How Marlin Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Texas. In-state it ranks #1,125 of 1,231 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #21,141 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 241
- TX departments
- 1,879
County staffing outlier
Career (Paid) island in a volunteer-heavy Falls County
County mix is mostly volunteer (3 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.
15.38 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 13 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Athens Volunteer Fire Department, ME (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 13 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every TX department.