Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderMidway Fire and Emergency Medical Services
Dexter, NM · Chaves County. Midway Fire and Emergency Medical Services is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 25 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.
- 25
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Midway Fire and Emergency Medical Services pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well above the New Mexico average.
- 39th pct.
- national personnel size
- +79%
- vs. New Mexico 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.
Midway Fire and Emergency Medical Services is a Volunteer department serving Dexter, NM (Chaves County), with 1 station and 25 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #13,687 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #13,687 of 22,440
- NM personnel rank #71 of 197
- 4.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 11 other listed departments in Chaves County
Midway 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
25 Top 61% higher than 39% 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 05043 · Midway Fire and Emergency Medical Services, NM 25 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 25
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #13,687
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Pima Volunteer Fi…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Pima Volunteer Fire and Rescue, AZ (+ 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 NM department.
- Midway Fire and E… (this dept) 25
- High Hill Top, AR 25
- Near Pima Volunteer Fi…, AZ 25
- Near Cape May Point Vo…, NJ 25
- Near Lenox Township Fi…, MI 25
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Dexter, NM
- County
- Chaves County
- FDID
- 05043
Staffing vs the New Mexico average
How Midway Fire and Emergency Medical Services's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Mexico. In-state it ranks #71 of 197 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #13,687 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 32
- NM departments
- 446
County roster geometry
Chaves County HIFLD mix around Midway Fire and Emergency Medical Services
Chaves County: 16 departments, 217 personnel (6 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 69% of departments. County / state rollup.
4.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 25 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Pima Volunteer Fire and Rescue, AZ (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 25 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NM department.