Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderNocona Hills Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services
Nocona, TX · Montague County. Nocona Hills Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 16 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.
- 16
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Nocona Hills Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well below the Texas average.
- 12th pct.
- national personnel size
- -53%
- 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.
Nocona Hills Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services is a Volunteer department serving Nocona, TX (Montague County), with 1 station and 16 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #19,738 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #19,738 of 22,440
- TX personnel rank #1,016 of 1,231
- 6.25 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 7 other listed departments in Montague County
Nocona Hills Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
16 Top 88% higher than 12% 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 RZ401 · Nocona Hills Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services, TX 16 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 16
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #19,738
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Alden
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Alden Fire Department, KS (+ 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.
- Nocona Hills Volu… (this dept) 16
- High Bartonville Volun…, IL 16
- Near Alden, KS 16
- Near Alma, KS 16
- Near Baldwin City, KS 16
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Nocona, TX
- County
- Montague County
- FDID
- RZ401
Staffing vs the Texas average
How Nocona Hills Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services's personnel count compares to the typical department in Texas. In-state it ranks #1,016 of 1,231 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #19,738 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
Montague County HIFLD mix around Nocona Hills Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services
Montague County: 8 departments, 141 personnel (7 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 63% of departments. County / state rollup.
6.25 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 16 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Alden Fire Department, KS (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 16 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every TX department.