Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderSan Antonio Fire Department and Ambulance
San Antonio, TX · Bexar County. San Antonio Fire Department and Ambulance is a Career (Paid) department, 48 stations and 1,505 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.
- 1,505
- Total personnel
- 48
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
San Antonio Fire Department and Ambulance pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Texas average.
- Top 1%
- national personnel size
- +4326%
- vs. Texas average
- 48
- stations
- $2,351,918
- 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.
San Antonio Fire Department and Ambulance is a Career (Paid) department serving San Antonio, TX (Bexar County), with 48 stations and 1,505 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #11 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $2,351,918.
- National personnel rank #11 of 22,440
- TX personnel rank #3 of 1,231
- 3.19 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 35 other listed departments in Bexar County
San Antonio Fire Department and Ambulance vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
1,505 Top 1% higher than 99%+ 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 AW824 · San Antonio Fire Department and Ambulance, TX 1,505 personnel · 48 stations
PERS-METRO · STA-SYSTEM · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · ABOVE-PEER · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-METRO 1,505
- STA-SYSTEM 48 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #11
- ABOVE-PEER over Orange County Fir…
- FEMA-MID $2.4M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Orange County Fire Authority, CA ( -70 personnel)
Career/paid 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.
- High Baltimore City Fi…, MD 1,752
- Near Columbus Division…, OH 1,675
- San Antonio Fire… (this dept) 1,505
- Near Orange County Fir…, CA 1,435
- Low Honolulu, HI 1,330
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- San Antonio, TX
- County
- Bexar County
- FDID
- AW824
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | EMW-2021-FG-06081 | $1,217,391.3 |
| 2019 | EMW-2019-FG-06856 | $212,926.24 |
| 2011 | EMW-2011-FO-0509 | $921,600 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Texas average
How San Antonio Fire Department and Ambulance's personnel count compares to the typical department in Texas. In-state it ranks #3 of 1,231 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #11 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 48
- State fire deaths/yr
- 241
- TX departments
- 1,879
County roster weight
San Antonio Fire Department and Ambulance carries 67.3% of Bexar County HIFLD personnel
Among 37 listed departments (2,235 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 49% of the county count. County / state rollup.
3.19 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (48 stations / 1,505 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Orange County Fire Authority, CA (-70 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 1,505 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every TX department.