Department profile

Volunteer

Truth OR Consequences Volunteer Fire Department

Truth Or Consequences, NM · Sierra County. Truth OR Consequences Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations 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
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Truth OR Consequences Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well above the New Mexico average.

37th pct.
national personnel size
+79%
vs. New Mexico average
2
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.

F
PlainFireData Composite Score
12/100
Truth OR Consequences 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 F
12.5 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 · 2 stations

Truth OR Consequences Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Truth Or Consequences, NM (Sierra County), with 2 stations and 25 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #14,085 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #14,085 of 22,440
  • NM personnel rank #76 of 197
  • 8.00 stations per 100 personnel
  • 12 other listed departments in Sierra County

Truth OR Consequences 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 51037 · Truth OR Consequences Volunteer Fire Department, NM 25 personnel · 2 stations

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

  • PERS-SMALL 25
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-LOWER #14,085
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Four Corners Volu…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Four Corners Volunteer Fire Department, LA (+ 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 NM department.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Truth Or Consequences, NM
FDID
51037

Staffing vs the New Mexico average

How Truth OR Consequences Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in New Mexico. In-state it ranks #76 of 197 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #14,085 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 79% above the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
32
NM departments
446

County roster geometry

Sierra County HIFLD mix around Truth OR Consequences Volunteer Fire Department

Sierra County: 15 departments, 160 personnel (7 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 33% of departments. County / state rollup.

8.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 25 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Four Corners Volunteer Fire Department, LA (+0 personnel).

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

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 25 personnel

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