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Poverty Creek Volunteer Fire Department

Winston, NM · Sierra County. Poverty Creek Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

Not reported
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service
F
PlainFireData Composite Score
0/100
Poverty Creek Volunteer Fire Department

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.

Staffing capacity
No station count on file for this department
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
Other department profile

Poverty Creek Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department serving Winston, NM (Sierra County). According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields.

  • 12 other listed departments in Sierra County

Dispatch plate

Sheet NM-POVERTY-CREEK-VOLUNTEER-FIRE-DEPARTMENT-NM · Poverty Creek Volunteer Fire Department, NM personnel n/a

PERS-UNK · STA-UNK · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-N · RANK-UNK · GAP-UNK · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-THIN

  • PERS-UNK Staff pending
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-UNK Rank pending
  • GAP-UNK Gap pending
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-THIN 1/5 fields

Instrument codes from this department’s HIFLD personnel and station counts, staffing type, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer department, FEMA AFG/SAFER book, and field completeness, not a readiness rating.

Department Profile

Type
Location
Winston, NM

County roster geometry

Sierra County HIFLD mix around Poverty Creek Volunteer Fire Department

Sierra County: 15 departments, 160 personnel (7 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 33% of departments. County / state rollup.

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Poverty Creek Volunteer Fire Department have?

Personnel data for Poverty Creek Volunteer Fire Department is not available in the HIFLD database.

Does Poverty Creek Volunteer Fire Department provide EMS services?

Poverty Creek Volunteer Fire Department is not listed as providing EMS in the HIFLD record. Contact local emergency services to confirm which agency covers medical calls.

How many fire stations does Poverty Creek Volunteer Fire Department operate?

Station count data for Poverty Creek Volunteer Fire Department is not available in the HIFLD database.

What type of fire department is Poverty Creek Volunteer Fire Department?

Poverty Creek Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department serving Sierra County, NM.

How many fire departments are in New Mexico?

New Mexico has 446 fire departments with 6,225 total personnel. 44% are volunteer departments.

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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.