Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderPlainview Fire Department Emergency Medical Services
Plainview, TX · Hale County. Plainview Fire Department Emergency Medical Services is a Career (Paid) department, 3 stations and 36 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.
- 36
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Plainview Fire Department Emergency Medical Services pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the Texas average.
- Top 33%
- national personnel size
- +6%
- vs. Texas average
- 3
- 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.
Plainview Fire Department Emergency Medical Services is a Career (Paid) department serving Plainview, TX (Hale County), with 3 stations and 36 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #7,437 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #7,437 of 22,440
- TX personnel rank #311 of 1,231
- 8.33 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 5 other listed departments in Hale County
Plainview Fire Department Emergency Medical Services vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
36 Top 33% higher than 67% 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 HT607 · Plainview Fire Department Emergency Medical Services, TX 36 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 36
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #7,437
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bingham Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Bingham Volunteer Fire Department, ME (+ 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.
- Plainview Fire De… (this dept) 36
- High Colona Community…, IL 36
- Near Bingham Volunteer, ME 36
- Near Brewer, ME 36
- Near Central Stickney…, IL 36
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Plainview, TX
- County
- Hale County
- FDID
- HT607
Staffing vs the Texas average
How Plainview Fire Department Emergency Medical Services's personnel count compares to the typical department in Texas. In-state it ranks #311 of 1,231 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,437 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 241
- TX departments
- 1,879
County roster weight
Plainview Fire Department Emergency Medical Services carries 34.6% of Hale County HIFLD personnel
Among 6 listed departments (104 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 50% of the county count. County / state rollup.
8.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 36 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Bingham Volunteer Fire Department, ME (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 36 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every TX department.