Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderVernon 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.
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.
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.
- Vernon Fire and E… (this dept) 36
- High Colona Community…, IL 36
- Near Bingham Volunteer, ME 36
- Near Brewer, ME 36
- Near Central Stickney…, IL 36
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Vernon, TX
- County
- Wilbarger County
- 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.
- 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.