Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderSocorro Fire Department
Socorro, NM · Socorro County. Socorro Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 3 stations 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
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Socorro Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the New Mexico average.
- 14th pct.
- national personnel size
- +21%
- vs. New Mexico average
- 3
- stations
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.
Socorro Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Socorro, NM (Socorro County), with 3 stations and 17 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #19,332 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #19,332 of 22,440
- NM personnel rank #139 of 197
- 17.65 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 9 other listed departments in Socorro County
Socorro Fire Department 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 52037 · Socorro Fire Department, NM 17 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 17
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #19,332
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Rhea Hollene Volu…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Rhea Hollene Volunteer Fire Department, TX (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid 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 NM department.
- Socorro (this dept) 17
- High Douglas City, CA 17
- Near Rhea Hollene Volu…, TX 17
- Near Bath Veterans Aff…, NY 17
- Near Dovray, MN 17
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Socorro, NM
- County
- Socorro County
- FDID
- 52037
Staffing vs the New Mexico average
How Socorro Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Mexico. In-state it ranks #139 of 197 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #19,332 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 32
- NM departments
- 446
County staffing outlier
Career (Paid) island in a volunteer-heavy Socorro County
County mix is mostly volunteer (5 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.
17.65 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 17 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Rhea Hollene Volunteer Fire Department, TX (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 17 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NM department.