Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Sapello-Rociada Volunteer Fire Department Ambulance

Rociada, NM · San Miguel County. Sapello-Rociada Volunteer Fire Department Ambulance is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 23 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.

23
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Sapello-Rociada Volunteer Fire Department Ambulance pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well above the New Mexico average.

32nd pct.
national personnel size
+64%
vs. New Mexico 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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
48/100
Sapello-Rociada Volunteer Fire Department Ambulance

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.

Staffing capacity C
23 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
23 personnel · 1 station

Sapello-Rociada Volunteer Fire Department Ambulance is a Volunteer department serving Rociada, NM (San Miguel County), with 1 station and 23 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #15,302 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #15,302 of 22,440
  • NM personnel rank #88 of 197
  • 4.35 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 8 other listed departments in San Miguel County

Sapello-Rociada Volunteer Fire Department Ambulance vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

23 Top 68% higher than 32% 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 47043 · Sapello-Rociada Volunteer Fire Department Ambulance, NM 23 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 23
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #15,302
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Hammond Ranch Fir…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Hammond Ranch Fire Company, CA (+ 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 NM department.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Rociada, NM
FDID
47043

Staffing vs the New Mexico average

How Sapello-Rociada Volunteer Fire Department Ambulance's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Mexico. In-state it ranks #88 of 197 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #15,302 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 64% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
32
NM departments
446

County roster geometry

San Miguel County HIFLD mix around Sapello-Rociada Volunteer Fire Department Ambulance

San Miguel County: 10 departments, 141 personnel (5 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 90% of departments. County / state rollup.

4.35 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 23 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Hammond Ranch Fire Company, CA (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nationwide volunteer peers near 23 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NM department.