Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderRedwater Volunteer Fire Department
Redwater, TX · Bowie County. Redwater Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 30 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.
- 30
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Redwater Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the Texas average.
- Top 47%
- national personnel size
- -12%
- 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.
Redwater Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Redwater, TX (Bowie County), with 2 stations and 30 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #10,617 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #10,617 of 22,440
- TX personnel rank #480 of 1,231
- 6.67 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 13 other listed departments in Bowie County
Redwater Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
30 Top 47% higher than 53% 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 BA408 · Redwater Volunteer Fire Department, TX 30 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 30
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #10,617
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ 167 Civil Enginee…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: 167 Civil Engineering Squadron Fire Department, WV (+ 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.
- Redwater Volunteer (this dept) 30
- High Anderson County, KS 30
- Near 167 Civil Enginee…, WV 30
- Near Akron-Princeville…, IL 30
- Near Allen Township Vo…, IL 30
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Redwater, TX
- County
- Bowie County
- FDID
- BA408
Staffing vs the Texas average
How Redwater Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Texas. In-state it ranks #480 of 1,231 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #10,617 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 fringe
Redwater Volunteer Fire Department is 8.0% of Bowie County roster mass
The county lists 16 departments totaling 377 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 69% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
6.67 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 30 roster).
Photo-finish peer: 167 Civil Engineering Squadron Fire Department, WV (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 30 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every TX department.