Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderPreston Volunteer Emergency Services
Pottsboro, TX · Grayson County. Preston Volunteer Emergency Services is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 58 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.
- 58
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Preston Volunteer Emergency Services pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the Texas average.
- Top 13%
- national personnel size
- +71%
- vs. Texas average
- 2
- 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.
Preston Volunteer Emergency Services is a Volunteer department serving Pottsboro, TX (Grayson County), with 2 stations and 58 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,855 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,855 of 22,440
- TX personnel rank #126 of 1,231
- 3.45 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 20 other listed departments in Grayson County
Preston Volunteer Emergency Services vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
58 Top 13% higher than 87% 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 HN407 · Preston Volunteer Emergency Services, TX 58 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 58
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #2,855
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Hayes Crossing-Ha…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Hayes Crossing-Haldeman Volunteer Fire Department, KY (+ 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 TX department.
- Preston Volunteer… (this dept) 58
- High North Clay Fire P…, IL 58
- Near Hayes Crossing-Ha…, KY 58
- Near Highland Park, IL 58
- Near Mount Pulaski Fir…, IL 58
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Pottsboro, TX
- County
- Grayson County
- FDID
- HN407
Staffing vs the Texas average
How Preston Volunteer Emergency Services's personnel count compares to the typical department in Texas. In-state it ranks #126 of 1,231 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,855 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 241
- TX departments
- 1,879
County roster geometry
Grayson County HIFLD mix around Preston Volunteer Emergency Services
Grayson County: 22 departments, 518 personnel (15 volunteer / 3 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 73% of departments. County / state rollup.
3.45 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 58 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Hayes Crossing-Haldeman Volunteer Fire Department, KY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 58 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every TX department.