Department profile

Volunteer

Spring Branch Volunteer Fire Department - Central Station

Spring Branch, TX · Comal County. Spring Branch Volunteer Fire Department - Central Station is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 54 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

54
Total personnel
3
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Spring Branch Volunteer Fire Department - Central Station pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the Texas average.

Top 15%
national personnel size
+59%
vs. Texas 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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
32/100
Spring Branch Volunteer Fire Department - Central Station

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 D
18 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
54 personnel · 3 stations

Spring Branch Volunteer Fire Department - Central Station is a Volunteer department serving Spring Branch, TX (Comal County), with 3 stations and 54 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,387 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #3,387 of 22,440
  • TX personnel rank #153 of 1,231
  • 5.56 stations per 100 personnel
  • 7 other listed departments in Comal County

Spring Branch Volunteer Fire Department - Central Station vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

54 Top 15% higher than 85% 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 CS308 · Spring Branch Volunteer Fire Department - Central Station, TX 54 personnel · 3 stations

PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MID 54
  • STA-FEW 3 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-UPPER #3,387
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Clay Volunteer
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Clay Volunteer Fire Department, KY (+ 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
MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
Location
Spring Branch, TX
FDID
CS308

Staffing vs the Texas average

How Spring Branch Volunteer Fire Department - Central Station's personnel count compares to the typical department in Texas. In-state it ranks #153 of 1,231 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,387 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 59% above the state average
Stations
3
State fire deaths/yr
241
TX departments
1,879

County roster weight

Spring Branch Volunteer Fire Department - Central Station carries 36.0% of Comal County HIFLD personnel

Among 9 listed departments (150 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 33% of the county count. County / state rollup.

5.56 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 54 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Clay Volunteer Fire Department, KY (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nearby Departments

Bracken Volunteer Fire Department
San Antonio · volunteer
Bracken Volunteer Fire Department
New Braunfels · other
Bulverde Fire Department
Boerne · other
Bulverde Fire Department
Bulverde · volunteer
New Braunfels Fire Department
New Braunfels · other
All TX departments →

Nationwide volunteer peers near 54 personnel

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