Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderMineola Fire Department
Mineola, TX · Wood County. Mineola Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 29 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.
- 29
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Mineola Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the Texas average.
- Top 50%
- national personnel size
- -15%
- 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.
Mineola Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Mineola, TX (Wood County), with 1 station and 29 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #11,125 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #11,125 of 22,440
- TX personnel rank #504 of 1,231
- 3.45 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 9 other listed departments in Wood County
Mineola Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
29 Top 50% higher than 50% 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 XZ403 · Mineola Fire Department, TX 29 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 29
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #11,125
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Astoria Fire Prot…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Astoria 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.
- Mineola (this dept) 29
- High Burnham, IL 29
- Near Astoria Fire Prot…, IL 29
- Near Belvidere, IL 29
- Near Benson Community…, IL 29
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Mineola, TX
- County
- Wood County
- FDID
- XZ403
Staffing vs the Texas average
How Mineola Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Texas. In-state it ranks #504 of 1,231 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #11,125 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
Wood County HIFLD mix around Mineola Fire Department
Wood County: 10 departments, 222 personnel (9 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 80% of departments. County / state rollup.
3.45 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 29 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Astoria 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 29 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every TX department.