Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderNorth Richland Hills Fire Department
North Richland Hills, TX · Tarrant County. North Richland Hills Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 4 stations and 84 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.
- 84
- Total personnel
- 4
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
North Richland Hills Fire Department pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Texas average.
- Top 6%
- national personnel size
- +147%
- vs. Texas average
- 4
- stations
- $613,586
- FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record
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 Richland Hills Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving North Richland Hills, TX (Tarrant County), with 4 stations and 84 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,345 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $613,586.
- National personnel rank #1,345 of 22,440
- TX personnel rank #77 of 1,231
- 4.76 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 35 other listed departments in Tarrant County
North Richland Hills Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
84 Top 6% higher than 94% 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 WB625 · North Richland Hills Fire Department, TX 84 personnel · 4 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 84
- STA-FEW 4 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #1,345
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Graham County Rur…
- FEMA-MID $614K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Graham County Rural Fire Department, KS (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid 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 Richland Hi… (this dept) 84
- High Boardman Rural Fi…, OR 84
- Near Graham County Rur…, KS 84
- Near Plainfield Fire P…, IL 84
- Near Troy Fire Protect…, IL 84
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- North Richland Hills, TX
- County
- Tarrant County
- FDID
- WB625
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | EMW-2023-FG-01309 | $613,586.36 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Texas average
How North Richland Hills Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Texas. In-state it ranks #77 of 1,231 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,345 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 4
- State fire deaths/yr
- 241
- TX departments
- 1,879
County roster fringe
North Richland Hills Fire Department is 3.6% of Tarrant County roster mass
The county lists 48 departments totaling 2,322 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 85% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
4.76 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 84 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Graham County Rural Fire Department, KS (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 84 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every TX department.