Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Vernon Fire and Emergency Medical Services

Vernon, TX · Wilbarger County. Vernon Fire and Emergency Medical Services is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations and 36 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.

36
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Vernon Fire and Emergency Medical Services pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the Texas average.

Top 34%
national personnel size
+6%
vs. Texas 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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
32/100
Vernon Fire and Emergency Medical Services

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
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
36 personnel · 2 stations

Vernon Fire and Emergency Medical Services is a Career (Paid) department serving Vernon, TX (Wilbarger County), with 2 stations and 36 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #7,527 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #7,527 of 22,440
  • TX personnel rank #314 of 1,231
  • 5.56 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 0 other listed departments in Wilbarger County

Vernon Fire and Emergency Medical Services vs. the national personnel distribution

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

36 Top 34% higher than 66% 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 XS603 · Vernon Fire and Emergency Medical Services, TX 36 personnel · 2 stations

PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 36
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #7,527
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bingham Volunteer
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Bingham Volunteer Fire Department, ME (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
MOSTLY CAREER
Location
Vernon, TX
FDID
XS603

Staffing vs the Texas average

How Vernon Fire and Emergency Medical Services's personnel count compares to the typical department in Texas. In-state it ranks #314 of 1,231 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,527 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 6% above the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
241
TX departments
1,879

County roster weight

Vernon Fire and Emergency Medical Services carries 100.0% of Wilbarger County HIFLD personnel

Among 2 listed departments (36 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 0% of the county count. County / state rollup.

5.56 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 36 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Bingham Volunteer Fire Department, ME (+0 personnel).

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

Nationwide career peers near 36 personnel

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