Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderRed Oak Fire/Rescue
Red Oak, TX · Ellis County. Red Oak Fire/Rescue is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 18 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.
- 18
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Red Oak Fire/Rescue pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Texas average.
- 16th pct.
- national personnel size
- -47%
- vs. Texas average
- 1
- station
- $333,606
- FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record
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.
Red Oak Fire/Rescue is a Volunteer department serving Red Oak, TX (Ellis County), with 1 station and 18 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #18,790 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $333,606.
- National personnel rank #18,790 of 22,440
- TX personnel rank #951 of 1,231
- 5.56 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 20 other listed departments in Ellis County
Red Oak Fire/Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
18 Top 84% higher than 16% 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 GC415 · Red Oak Fire/Rescue, TX 18 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 18
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #18,790
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Baileyville Volun…
- FEMA-LIGHT $334K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Baileyville Volunteer Fire Department, ME (+ 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.
- Red Oak Fire/Resc… (this dept) 18
- High Carbon Cliff Volu…, IL 18
- Near Baileyville Volun…, ME 18
- Near Bradley Volunteer, ME 18
- Near Camp Point Fire P…, IL 18
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Red Oak, TX
- County
- Ellis County
- FDID
- GC415
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | EMW2013FH00563 | $333,606 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Texas average
How Red Oak Fire/Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in Texas. In-state it ranks #951 of 1,231 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #18,790 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 241
- TX departments
- 1,879
County roster fringe
Red Oak Fire/Rescue is 4.4% of Ellis County roster mass
The county lists 23 departments totaling 408 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 70% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
5.56 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 18 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Baileyville Volunteer Fire Department, ME (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 18 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every TX department.