Department profile
VolunteerShamrock Volunteer Fire Department
Shamrock, TX · Wheeler County. Shamrock Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 20 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 20
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Shamrock Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Texas average.
- 21st pct.
- national personnel size
- -41%
- 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.
Shamrock Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Shamrock, TX (Wheeler County), with 1 station and 20 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #17,645 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #17,645 of 22,440
- TX personnel rank #866 of 1,231
- 5.00 stations per 100 personnel
- 5 other listed departments in Wheeler County
Shamrock Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
20 Top 79% higher than 21% 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 ZP405 · Shamrock Volunteer Fire Department, TX 20 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 20
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #17,645
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Abilene
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Abilene Fire Department, 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.
- Shamrock Volunteer (this dept) 20
- High Anna, IL 20
- Near Abilene, KS 20
- Near Alliant Techsyste…, UT 20
- Near Andover, ME 20
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Shamrock, TX
- County
- Wheeler County
- FDID
- ZP405
Staffing vs the Texas average
How Shamrock Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Texas. In-state it ranks #866 of 1,231 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #17,645 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 weight
Shamrock Volunteer Fire Department carries 32.8% of Wheeler County HIFLD personnel
Among 6 listed departments (61 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 50% of the county count. County / state rollup.
5.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 20 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Abilene Fire Department, KS (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 20 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every TX department.