Department profile
Career (Paid)Tyler Fire Department
Tyler, TX · Smith County. Tyler Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 9 stations and 131 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 131
- Total personnel
- 9
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Tyler Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Texas average.
- Top 2%
- national personnel size
- +285%
- vs. Texas average
- 9
- stations
- $1,322,436
- 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.
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.
Tyler Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Tyler, TX (Smith County), with 9 stations and 131 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #558 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $1,322,436.
- National personnel rank #558 of 22,440
- TX personnel rank #41 of 1,231
- 6.87 stations per 100 personnel
- 14 other listed departments in Smith County
Tyler Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
131 Top 2% higher than 98% 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 VS710 · Tyler Fire Department, TX 131 personnel · 9 stations
PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-N · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 131
- STA-MULTI 9 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-TOP #558
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Naval Air Station…
- FEMA-MID $1.3M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Naval Air Station Regional Fire and Emergency Services, FL (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid 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.
- Tyler (this dept) 131
- High Woonsocket, RI 131
- Near Naval Air Station…, FL 131
- Near Southwest Polk Co…, OR 131
- Near Martinez-Columbia…, GA 131
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Tyler, TX
- County
- Smith County
- FDID
- VS710
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | EMW-2021-FF-01332 | $2,903,564.16 |
| 2018 | EMW2016FH00600 | $-1,581,128 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Texas average
How Tyler Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Texas. In-state it ranks #41 of 1,231 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #558 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 9
- State fire deaths/yr
- 241
- TX departments
- 1,879
County roster weight
Tyler Fire Department carries 33.1% of Smith County HIFLD personnel
Among 16 listed departments (396 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 63% of the county count. County / state rollup.
6.87 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (9 stations / 131 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Naval Air Station Regional Fire and Emergency Services, FL (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 131 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every TX department.