Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderSouth Bexar Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue
San Antonio, TX · Bexar County. South Bexar Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 18 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.
- 18
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
South Bexar Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Texas average.
- 16th pct.
- national personnel size
- -47%
- 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.
South Bexar Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue is a Volunteer department serving San Antonio, TX (Bexar County), with 1 station and 18 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #18,859 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #18,859 of 22,440
- TX personnel rank #959 of 1,231
- 5.56 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 35 other listed departments in Bexar County
South Bexar Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
18 Top 84% higher than 16% 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 AW535 · South Bexar Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue, TX 18 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 18
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #18,859
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Baileyville Volun…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Baileyville Volunteer Fire Department, ME (+ 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.
- South Bexar Volun… (this dept) 18
- High Carbon Cliff Volu…, IL 18
- Near Baileyville Volun…, ME 18
- Near Bradley Volunteer, ME 18
- Near Camp Point Fire P…, IL 18
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- San Antonio, TX
- County
- Bexar County
- FDID
- AW535
Staffing vs the Texas average
How South Bexar Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in Texas. In-state it ranks #959 of 1,231 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #18,859 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 fringe
South Bexar Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue is 0.8% of Bexar County roster mass
The county lists 37 departments totaling 2,235 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 84% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
5.56 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 18 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Baileyville Volunteer Fire Department, ME (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 18 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every TX department.