Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderNew 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.
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.
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.
- New Mexico State… (this dept) 17
- High Vancleve Volunteer, KY 17
- Near Jonesville Volunt…, LA 17
- Near Chester, MA 17
- Near West Ossipee Fire…, NH 17
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Las Cruces, NM
- County
- Dona Ana County
- 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.
- 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).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 17 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NM department.