Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderNorth Lake Brownwood Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services
May, TX · Brown County. North Lake Brownwood Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 55 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.
- 55
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
North Lake Brownwood Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the Texas average.
- Top 14%
- national personnel size
- +62%
- 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.
North Lake Brownwood Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services is a Volunteer department serving May, TX (Brown County), with 1 station and 55 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,214 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #3,214 of 22,440
- TX personnel rank #146 of 1,231
- 1.82 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 10 other listed departments in Brown County
North Lake Brownwood 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
55 Top 14% higher than 86% 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 BK409 · North Lake Brownwood Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services, TX 55 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 55
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #3,214
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Boothbay Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Boothbay Volunteer Fire Department, ME (+ 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 Lake Brownw… (this dept) 55
- High Clearwater, KS 55
- Near Boothbay Volunteer, ME 55
- Near Brunswick Fire De…, ME 55
- Near Clay City Fire Pr…, IL 55
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- May, TX
- County
- Brown County
- FDID
- BK409
Staffing vs the Texas average
How North Lake Brownwood Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services's personnel count compares to the typical department in Texas. In-state it ranks #146 of 1,231 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,214 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
Brown County HIFLD mix around North Lake Brownwood Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services
Brown County: 12 departments, 276 personnel (8 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 8% of departments. County / state rollup.
1.82 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 55 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Boothbay Volunteer Fire Department, ME (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 55 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every TX department.