Department profile
VolunteerSalineno Volunteer Fire Department
Salineno, TX · Starr County. Salineno Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 14 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 14
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Salineno Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well below the Texas average.
- 7th pct.
- national personnel size
- -59%
- 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.
Salineno Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Salineno, TX (Starr County), with 1 station and 14 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #20,906 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #20,906 of 22,440
- TX personnel rank #1,104 of 1,231
- 7.14 stations per 100 personnel
- 6 other listed departments in Starr County
Salineno Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
14 Top 93% higher than 7% 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 VV503 · Salineno Volunteer Fire Department, TX 14 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-MICRO 14
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-LOWER #20,906
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ 1st Rural Fire De…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: 1st Rural Fire Department of Lincoln, KS (+ 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.
- Salineno Volunteer (this dept) 14
- High Belvue, KS 14
- Near 1st Rural Fire De…, KS 14
- Near Ada Ottawa Lincoln, KS 14
- Near Alexandria Townsh…, KS 14
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Salineno, TX
- County
- Starr County
- FDID
- VV503
Staffing vs the Texas average
How Salineno Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Texas. In-state it ranks #1,104 of 1,231 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #20,906 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 geometry
Starr County HIFLD mix around Salineno Volunteer Fire Department
Starr County: 7 departments, 97 personnel (4 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 0% of departments. County / state rollup.
7.14 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 14 roster).
Photo-finish peer: 1st Rural Fire Department of Lincoln, KS (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 14 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every TX department.