Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

New Mexico State University Fire and Emergency Services

Las Cruces, NM · Dona Ana County. New Mexico State University Fire and Emergency Services is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 17 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.

17
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

New Mexico State University Fire and Emergency Services pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the New Mexico average.

14th pct.
national personnel size
+21%
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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
28/100
New Mexico State University Fire and Emergency Services

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.

Staffing capacity D
17 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
17 personnel · 1 station

New Mexico State University Fire and Emergency Services is a Volunteer department serving Las Cruces, NM (Dona Ana County), with 1 station and 17 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #19,234 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #19,234 of 22,440
  • NM personnel rank #136 of 197
  • 5.88 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 20 other listed departments in Dona Ana County

New Mexico State University Fire and Emergency Services vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

17 Top 86% higher than 14% 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 13025 · New Mexico State University Fire and Emergency Services, NM 17 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 17
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #19,234
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Jonesville Volunt…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Jonesville Volunteer Fire Department, LA (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
Location
Las Cruces, NM
FDID
13025

Staffing vs the New Mexico average

How New Mexico State University Fire and Emergency Services's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Mexico. In-state it ranks #136 of 197 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #19,234 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 21% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
32
NM departments
446

County roster fringe

New Mexico State University Fire and Emergency Services is 3.7% of Dona Ana County roster mass

The county lists 24 departments totaling 454 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 88% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

5.88 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 17 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Jonesville Volunteer Fire Department, LA (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nationwide volunteer peers near 17 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NM department.