Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderNorth Hood County Volunteer Fire Department and First Responders
Granbury, TX · Hood County. North Hood County Volunteer Fire Department and First Responders is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 15 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.
- 15
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
North Hood County Volunteer Fire Department and First Responders pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well below the Texas average.
- 9th pct.
- national personnel size
- -56%
- vs. Texas average
- 2
- 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.
North Hood County Volunteer Fire Department and First Responders is a Volunteer department serving Granbury, TX (Hood County), with 2 stations and 15 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #20,366 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #20,366 of 22,440
- TX personnel rank #1,070 of 1,231
- 13.33 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 8 other listed departments in Hood County
North Hood County Volunteer Fire Department and First Responders vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
15 Top 91% higher than 9% 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 KS405 · North Hood County Volunteer Fire Department and First Responders, TX 15 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MICRO · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MICRO 15
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #20,366
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Alta Vista City
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Alta Vista City 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.
- North Hood County… (this dept) 15
- High Barnard Rural, KS 15
- Near Alta Vista City, KS 15
- Near Argonia, KS 15
- Near Atwood, KS 15
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Granbury, TX
- County
- Hood County
- FDID
- KS405
Staffing vs the Texas average
How North Hood County Volunteer Fire Department and First Responders's personnel count compares to the typical department in Texas. In-state it ranks #1,070 of 1,231 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #20,366 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 241
- TX departments
- 1,879
County roster fringe
North Hood County Volunteer Fire Department and First Responders is 8.7% of Hood County roster mass
The county lists 10 departments totaling 173 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 60% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
13.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 15 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Alta Vista City Fire Department, KS (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 15 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every TX department.