Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderSapillo Creek Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue
Silver City, NM · Grant County. Sapillo Creek Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 15 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.
- 15
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Sapillo Creek Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the New Mexico average.
- 9th pct.
- national personnel size
- +7%
- 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.
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.
Sapillo Creek Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue is a Volunteer department serving Silver City, NM (Grant County), with 1 station and 15 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #20,473 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #20,473 of 22,440
- NM personnel rank #161 of 197
- 6.67 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 15 other listed departments in Grant County
Sapillo Creek Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
15 Top 91% higher than 9% 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 17049 · Sapillo Creek Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue, NM 15 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MICRO 15
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #20,473
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Goshen Township V…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Goshen Township Volunteer Fire Company, PA (+ 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.
- Sapillo Creek Vol… (this dept) 15
- High Quinton Fire Comp…, NJ 15
- Near Goshen Township V…, PA 15
- Near Mammoth Creek Vol…, UT 15
- Near Boulder Volunteer, UT 15
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Silver City, NM
- County
- Grant County
- FDID
- 17049
Staffing vs the New Mexico average
How Sapillo Creek Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Mexico. In-state it ranks #161 of 197 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #20,473 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 32
- NM departments
- 446
County roster fringe
Sapillo Creek Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue is 5.4% of Grant County roster mass
The county lists 18 departments totaling 276 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 61% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
6.67 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 15 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Goshen Township Volunteer Fire Company, PA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 15 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NM department.