Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Smith 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.

F
PlainFireData Composite Score
18/100
Smith Point Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Services

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.

Staffing capacity F
14 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
14 personnel · 1 station

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

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more departments. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Anahuac, TX
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.

▼ 59% below the state average
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

Anahuac Volunteer Fire Department
Anahuac · volunteer
Beach City Volunteer Fire Department
Beach City · volunteer
Hankamer Volunteer Fire Department
Hankamer · volunteer
Mont Belvieu Fire Department
Mont Belvieu · volunteer
All TX departments →

Nationwide volunteer peers near 14 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every TX department.