Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderSheffield Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services
Sheffield, TX · Pecos County. Sheffield Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 17 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.
- 17
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Sheffield Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Texas average.
- 14th pct.
- national personnel size
- -50%
- 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.
Sheffield Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services is a Volunteer department serving Sheffield, TX (Pecos County), with 1 station and 17 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #19,327 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #19,327 of 22,440
- TX personnel rank #989 of 1,231
- 5.88 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 3 other listed departments in Pecos County
Sheffield Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
17 Top 86% higher than 14% 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 TA204 · Sheffield Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services, TX 17 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 17
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #19,327
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Anchor
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Anchor Fire Department, IL (+ 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.
- Sheffield Volunte… (this dept) 17
- High Berlin Volunteer…, OK 17
- Near Anchor, IL 17
- Near Augusta Fire Prot…, IL 17
- Near Baylis Fire Prote…, IL 17
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Sheffield, TX
- County
- Pecos County
- FDID
- TA204
Staffing vs the Texas average
How Sheffield Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services's personnel count compares to the typical department in Texas. In-state it ranks #989 of 1,231 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #19,327 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
Pecos County HIFLD mix around Sheffield Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services
Pecos County: 4 departments, 93 personnel (3 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 50% of departments. County / state rollup.
5.88 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 17 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Anchor Fire Department, IL (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 17 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every TX department.