Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderPlano Fire Department
Plano, TX · Collin County. Plano Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 10 stations and 297 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.
- 297
- Total personnel
- 10
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Plano Fire Department pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Texas average.
- Top 1%
- national personnel size
- +774%
- vs. Texas average
- 10
- 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.
Plano Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Plano, TX (Collin County), with 10 stations and 297 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #122 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #122 of 22,440
- TX personnel rank #12 of 1,231
- 3.37 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 22 other listed departments in Collin County
Plano Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
297 Top 1% higher than 99% 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 CN713 · Plano Fire Department, TX 297 personnel · 10 stations
PERS-LARGE · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-LARGE 297
- STA-MULTI 10 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #122
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Hialeah
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Hialeah Fire Department, FL ( -3 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.
- High Port Washington, NY 301
- Near Clayton County Fi…, GA 300
- Near Waldorf Volunteer, MD 300
- Plano (this dept) 297
- Low Hialeah, FL 294
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Plano, TX
- County
- Collin County
- FDID
- CN713
Staffing vs the Texas average
How Plano Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Texas. In-state it ranks #12 of 1,231 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #122 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 10
- State fire deaths/yr
- 241
- TX departments
- 1,879
County roster weight
Plano Fire Department carries 27.0% of Collin County HIFLD personnel
Among 27 listed departments (1,099 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 37% of the county count. County / state rollup.
3.37 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (10 stations / 297 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Hialeah Fire Department, FL (-3 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 297 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every TX department.