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Spring Volunteer Fire Department

Spring, TX · Harris County. Spring Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 5 stations and 172 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.

172
Total personnel
5
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Spring Volunteer Fire Department pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Texas average.

Top 1%
national personnel size
+406%
vs. Texas average
5
stations
$964,773
FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record

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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
51/100
Spring Volunteer Fire Department

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 B
34.4 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 D
$5,609 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
172 personnel · 5 stations

Spring Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Spring, TX (Harris County), with 5 stations and 172 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #314 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $964,773.

  • National personnel rank #314 of 22,440
  • TX personnel rank #26 of 1,231
  • 2.91 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 60 other listed departments in Harris County

Spring Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

172 Top 1% higher than 99% 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 KA554 · Spring Volunteer Fire Department, TX 172 personnel · 5 stations

PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MID 172
  • STA-FEW 5 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #314
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ City of Warren
  • FEMA-MID $965K
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: City of Warren Fire Department, MI (+ 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, TX
FDID
KA554

FEMA Grant History

$965K
Cumulative funding (FY2022)
1
Awards
Year Award Amount
2022 EMW-2022-FG-07611 $964,772.72

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the Texas average

How Spring Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Texas. In-state it ranks #26 of 1,231 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #314 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 406% above the state average
Stations
5
State fire deaths/yr
241
TX departments
1,879

County roster fringe

Spring Volunteer Fire Department is 2.5% of Harris County roster mass

The county lists 78 departments totaling 7,018 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 55% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

2.91 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (5 stations / 172 roster).

Photo-finish peer: City of Warren Fire Department, MI (+0 personnel).

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Channelview Volunteer Fire Department
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Nationwide volunteer peers near 172 personnel

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

City of Warren Fire Department, MI 172 Melbourne Fire Department, FL 172 Madison County Fire Department, TN 172 Fairfield Fire and Emergency Medical Services, PA 173 Hudson Fire Department, NY 173 North Bellmore Fire Department Technical Rescue Team, NY 171 West Babylon Volunteer Fire Department, NY 171 Hampton Fire Company, PA 170

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Spring Volunteer Fire Department have?

Spring Volunteer Fire Department has 172 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 406% above the Texas average of 34 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #314 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within TX, it ranks #26 of 1,231 by personnel.

Does Spring Volunteer Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, Spring Volunteer Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Spring Volunteer Fire Department operate?

Spring Volunteer Fire Department operates 5 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Spring Volunteer Fire Department?

Spring Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Harris County, TX. Volunteer departments rely on community members who serve without full-time compensation.

Has Spring Volunteer Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Spring Volunteer Fire Department has received 1 FEMA grant totaling $964,772.72 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2022 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2022.

How many fire departments are in Texas?

Texas has 1,879 fire departments with 63,369 total personnel. 58% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.