Department profile
VolunteerPeralta Fire Department
Peralta, NM · Valencia County. Peralta Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 13 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 13
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Peralta Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the New Mexico average.
- 6th pct.
- national personnel size
- -7%
- 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.
Peralta Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Peralta, NM (Valencia County), with 1 station and 13 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #21,182 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #21,182 of 22,440
- NM personnel rank #176 of 197
- 7.69 stations per 100 personnel
- 8 other listed departments in Valencia County
Peralta Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
13 Top 94% higher than 6% 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 61049 · Peralta Fire Department, NM 13 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-MICRO 13
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-LOWER #21,182
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Indianola Volunte…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Indianola Volunteer Fire Department, OK (+ 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.
- Peralta (this dept) 13
- High Hill, NH 13
- Near Indianola Volunte…, OK 13
- Near Canadian Volunteer, OK 13
- Near Winchester Volunt…, ID 13
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Peralta, NM
- County
- Valencia County
- FDID
- 61049
Staffing vs the New Mexico average
How Peralta Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Mexico. In-state it ranks #176 of 197 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #21,182 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
Peralta Fire Department is 5.2% of Valencia County roster mass
The county lists 16 departments totaling 248 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 69% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
7.69 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 13 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Indianola Volunteer Fire Department, OK (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 13 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NM department.