Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderSmith Point Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Services
Anahuac, TX · Chambers County. Smith Point Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Services is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 14 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.
- 14
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Smith Point Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Services pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well below the Texas average.
- 7th pct.
- national personnel size
- -59%
- 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.
Smith Point Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Services is a Volunteer department serving Anahuac, TX (Chambers County), with 1 station and 14 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #20,923 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #20,923 of 22,440
- TX personnel rank #1,105 of 1,231
- 7.14 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 6 other listed departments in Chambers County
Smith Point Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Services vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
14 Top 93% higher than 7% 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 CA208 · Smith Point Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Services, TX 14 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MICRO 14
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #20,923
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ 1st Rural Fire De…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: 1st Rural Fire Department of Lincoln, 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.
- Smith Point Volun… (this dept) 14
- High Belvue, KS 14
- Near 1st Rural Fire De…, KS 14
- Near Ada Ottawa Lincoln, KS 14
- Near Alexandria Townsh…, KS 14
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Anahuac, TX
- County
- Chambers County
- FDID
- CA208
Staffing vs the Texas average
How Smith Point Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Services's personnel count compares to the typical department in Texas. In-state it ranks #1,105 of 1,231 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #20,923 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
Chambers County HIFLD mix around Smith Point Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Services
Chambers County: 7 departments, 111 personnel (7 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 43% of departments. County / state rollup.
7.14 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 14 roster).
Photo-finish peer: 1st Rural Fire Department of Lincoln, KS (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 14 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every TX department.