Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderMims Volunteer Fire Department and Ambulance Service
Avinger, TX · Marion County. Mims Volunteer Fire Department and Ambulance Service is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 26 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.
- 26
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Mims Volunteer Fire Department and Ambulance Service pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Texas average.
- 43rd pct.
- national personnel size
- -24%
- vs. Texas average
- 3
- 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.
Mims Volunteer Fire Department and Ambulance Service is a Volunteer department serving Avinger, TX (Marion County), with 3 stations and 26 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #12,731 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #12,731 of 22,440
- TX personnel rank #582 of 1,231
- 11.54 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 5 other listed departments in Marion County
Mims Volunteer Fire Department and Ambulance Service vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
26 Top 57% higher than 43% 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 RB302 · Mims Volunteer Fire Department and Ambulance Service, TX 26 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 26
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #12,731
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ 161st Air Nationa…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: 161st Air National Guard-Dod, 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 TX department.
- Mims Volunteer Fi… (this dept) 26
- High Armington Communi…, IL 26
- Near 161st Air Nationa…, AZ 26
- Near Alna Volunteer, ME 26
- Near Arcola Fire Prote…, IL 26
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Avinger, TX
- County
- Marion County
- FDID
- RB302
Staffing vs the Texas average
How Mims Volunteer Fire Department and Ambulance Service's personnel count compares to the typical department in Texas. In-state it ranks #582 of 1,231 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #12,731 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 241
- TX departments
- 1,879
County roster geometry
Marion County HIFLD mix around Mims Volunteer Fire Department and Ambulance Service
Marion County: 6 departments, 187 personnel (6 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 17% of departments. County / state rollup.
11.54 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 26 roster).
Photo-finish peer: 161st Air National Guard-Dod, AZ (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 26 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every TX department.