Sheppard Air Force Base Fire Department-Dod

What This Data Tells You About Sheppard Air Force Base Fire Department-Dod

Sheppard Air Force Base Fire Department-Dod operates as a fire department in Sheppard Air Force Base, within Wichita County, and the HIFLD and USFA records give a precise structural picture of its response capacity. The department reports unreported personnel, no station count on file, no truck inventory reported. EMS capability is listed as unspecified.

Benchmarking against the state gives this profile context. Texas has 1,879 registered fire departments and 63,369 total personnel, averaging roughly 34 staff per department. Direct staffing comparisons are limited where personnel counts are not reported. The state records about 162,000 fires, 241 fire deaths, and 58% volunteer coverage each year, which shapes training, funding priorities, and mutual-aid patterns felt at every department in the state.

No FEMA AFG or SAFER grant awards are recorded against this department's FDID in USAspending data, which is common for smaller or volunteer-heavy organizations that lean on state and local funding instead.