Department profile

Volunteer

Telephone Volunteer Fire Department

Telephone, TX · Fannin County. Telephone Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 25 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

25
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Not reported
EMS service

The verdict

Telephone Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Texas average.

37th pct.
national personnel size
-26%
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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
54/100
Telephone 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 C
25 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
25 personnel · 1 station

Telephone Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Telephone, TX (Fannin County), with 1 station and 25 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #14,045 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #14,045 of 22,440
  • TX personnel rank #651 of 1,231
  • 4.00 stations per 100 personnel
  • 8 other listed departments in Fannin County

Telephone Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

25 Top 63% higher than 37% 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 GH311 · Telephone Volunteer Fire Department, TX 25 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-SMALL 25
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-UNK EMS pending
  • RANK-LOWER #14,045
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Addieville Commun…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Addieville Community Fire Protection District, 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Telephone, TX
FDID
GH311

Staffing vs the Texas average

How Telephone Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Texas. In-state it ranks #651 of 1,231 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #14,045 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 26% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
241
TX departments
1,879

County roster geometry

Fannin County HIFLD mix around Telephone Volunteer Fire Department

Fannin County: 10 departments, 130 personnel (4 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 50% of departments. County / state rollup.

4.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 25 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Addieville Community Fire Protection District, IL (+0 personnel).

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

Nationwide volunteer peers near 25 personnel

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