Department profile
VolunteerSouth Brazos County Fire Department
College Station, TX · Brazos County. South Brazos County Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 35 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 35
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
South Brazos County Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the Texas average.
- Top 36%
- national personnel size
- +3%
- 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 Brazos County Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving College Station, TX (Brazos County), with 1 station and 35 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8,115 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #8,115 of 22,440
- TX personnel rank #343 of 1,231
- 2.86 stations per 100 personnel
- 6 other listed departments in Brazos County
South Brazos County Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
35 Top 36% higher than 64% 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 BC206 · South Brazos County Fire Department, TX 35 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 35
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-UPPER #8,115
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bethalto
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Bethalto Fire Department, IL (+ 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 Brazos Coun… (this dept) 35
- High Buda Fire Protect…, IL 35
- Near Bethalto, IL 35
- Near Bismarck Fire Pro…, IL 35
- Near Brownstown Volunt…, IL 35
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- College Station, TX
- County
- Brazos County
- FDID
- BC206
Staffing vs the Texas average
How South Brazos County Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Texas. In-state it ranks #343 of 1,231 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8,115 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
Brazos County HIFLD mix around South Brazos County Fire Department
Brazos County: 11 departments, 304 personnel (4 volunteer / 2 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 55% of departments. County / state rollup.
2.86 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 35 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Bethalto Fire Department, IL (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 35 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every TX department.