Department profile
VolunteerMidfield Volunteer Fire Department
Midfield, TX · Matagorda County. Midfield Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 42 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 42
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Midfield Volunteer Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount above the Texas average.
- Top 25%
- national personnel size
- +24%
- 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.
Midfield Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Midfield, TX (Matagorda County), with 1 station and 42 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #5,545 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #5,545 of 22,440
- TX personnel rank #229 of 1,231
- 2.38 stations per 100 personnel
- 7 other listed departments in Matagorda County
Midfield Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
42 Top 25% higher than 75% 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 RG210 · Midfield Volunteer Fire Department, TX 42 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 42
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #5,545
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Arthur Rural Fire…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Arthur Rural Fire Protection District, IL (+ 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.
- Midfield Volunteer (this dept) 42
- High Henry Fire Protec…, IL 42
- Near Arthur Rural Fire…, IL 42
- Near East Peoria, IL 42
- Near Glenside Fire Pro…, IL 42
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Midfield, TX
- County
- Matagorda County
- FDID
- RG210
Staffing vs the Texas average
How Midfield Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Texas. In-state it ranks #229 of 1,231 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #5,545 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
Matagorda County HIFLD mix around Midfield Volunteer Fire Department
Matagorda County: 8 departments, 205 personnel (7 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 25% of departments. County / state rollup.
2.38 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 42 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Arthur Rural Fire Protection District, IL (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 42 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every TX department.