Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderRoanoke Fire Department
Roanoke, TX · Denton County. Roanoke Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 31 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.
- 31
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Roanoke Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the Texas average.
- Top 43%
- national personnel size
- -9%
- vs. Texas average
- 1
- station
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.
Roanoke Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Roanoke, TX (Denton County), with 1 station and 31 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #9,722 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #9,722 of 22,440
- TX personnel rank #432 of 1,231
- 3.23 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 21 other listed departments in Denton County
Roanoke Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
31 Top 43% higher than 57% 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 DR316 · Roanoke Fire Department, TX 31 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 31
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #9,722
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Andrews City
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Andrews City Fire Department, SC (+ 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.
- Roanoke (this dept) 31
- High Brooklin Volunteer, ME 31
- Near Andrews City, SC 31
- Near Bagdad Fire Prote…, KY 31
- Near Brimfield Communi…, IL 31
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Roanoke, TX
- County
- Denton County
- FDID
- DR316
Staffing vs the Texas average
How Roanoke Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Texas. In-state it ranks #432 of 1,231 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #9,722 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
Roanoke Fire Department is 3.8% of Denton County roster mass
The county lists 27 departments totaling 818 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 78% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
3.23 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 31 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Andrews City Fire Department, SC (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 31 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every TX department.