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View Volunteer Fire Department

Abilene, TX · Taylor County. View Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 16 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.

16
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

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

11th pct.
national personnel size
-53%
vs. Texas average
1
station
$1,000,000
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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
56/100
View 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 D
16 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 A
$62,500 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
16 personnel · 1 station

View Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Abilene, TX (Taylor County), with 1 station and 16 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #19,877 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $1,000,000.

  • National personnel rank #19,877 of 22,440
  • TX personnel rank #1,036 of 1,231
  • 6.25 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 10 other listed departments in Taylor County

View Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

16 Top 89% higher than 11% 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 WC308 · View Volunteer Fire Department, TX 16 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 16
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #19,877
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Alden
  • FEMA-MID $1.0M
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Alden Fire Department, KS (+ 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
Abilene, TX
FDID
WC308

FEMA Grant History

$1.0M
Cumulative funding (FY2024)
1
Awards
Year Award Amount
2024 EMW-2024-FG-01958 $1,000,000

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the Texas average

How View Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Texas. In-state it ranks #1,036 of 1,231 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #19,877 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 53% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
241
TX departments
1,879

County roster fringe

View Volunteer Fire Department is 4.4% of Taylor County roster mass

The county lists 13 departments totaling 363 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 38% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

6.25 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 16 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Alden Fire Department, KS (+0 personnel).

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 16 personnel

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

Alden Fire Department, KS 16 Alma Fire Department, KS 16 Baldwin City Fire Department, KS 16 Bartonville Volunteer Fire Department, IL 16 Brocton Fire Protection District, IL 16 Browning Fire Department, IL 16 Burnham Fire Department, ME 16 Cairo Auxiliary Fire Department, IL 16

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does View Volunteer Fire Department have?

View Volunteer Fire Department has 16 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 53% below the Texas average of 34 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #19,877 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within TX, it ranks #1,036 of 1,231 by personnel.

Does View Volunteer Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, View Volunteer Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does View Volunteer Fire Department operate?

View Volunteer Fire Department operates 1 fire station.

What type of fire department is View Volunteer Fire Department?

View Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Taylor County, TX. Volunteer departments rely on community members who serve without full-time compensation.

Has View Volunteer Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, View Volunteer Fire Department has received 1 FEMA grant totaling $1,000,000 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2024 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2024.

How many fire departments are in Texas?

Texas has 1,879 fire departments with 63,369 total personnel. 58% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Verify with USFA/FEMA →

HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.