Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderPonderosa Volunteer Fire Department
Ponderosa, NM · Sandoval County. Ponderosa Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 43 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.
- 43
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Ponderosa Volunteer Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the New Mexico average.
- Top 24%
- national personnel size
- +207%
- vs. New Mexico 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.
Ponderosa Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Ponderosa, NM (Sandoval County), with 3 stations and 43 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #5,362 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #5,362 of 22,440
- NM personnel rank #19 of 197
- 6.98 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 17 other listed departments in Sandoval County
Ponderosa Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
43 Top 24% higher than 76% 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 43057 · Ponderosa Volunteer Fire Department, NM 43 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 43
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #5,362
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Syracuse
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Syracuse Fire Department, IN (+ 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.
- Ponderosa Volunte… (this dept) 43
- High Berlin Volunteer, NY 43
- Near Syracuse, IN 43
- Near Hillburn, NY 43
- Near South Point Volun…, OH 43
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Ponderosa, NM
- County
- Sandoval County
- FDID
- 43057
Staffing vs the New Mexico average
How Ponderosa Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Mexico. In-state it ranks #19 of 197 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #5,362 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 32
- NM departments
- 446
County roster geometry
Sandoval County HIFLD mix around Ponderosa Volunteer Fire Department
Sandoval County: 19 departments, 277 personnel (9 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 79% of departments. County / state rollup.
6.98 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 43 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Syracuse Fire Department, IN (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 43 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NM department.