Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderWalnut Springs Volunteer Fire and Emergency Medical Services
Walnut Springs, TX · Bosque County. Walnut Springs Volunteer Fire and Emergency Medical Services is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 15 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.
- 15
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Walnut Springs Volunteer Fire and Emergency Medical Services pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well below the Texas average.
- 8th pct.
- national personnel size
- -56%
- vs. Texas average
- 1
- station
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.
Walnut Springs Volunteer Fire and Emergency Medical Services is a Volunteer department serving Walnut Springs, TX (Bosque County), with 1 station and 15 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #20,563 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #20,563 of 22,440
- TX personnel rank #1,082 of 1,231
- 6.67 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 10 other listed departments in Bosque County
Walnut Springs Volunteer 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
15 Top 92% higher than 8% 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 AZ310 · Walnut Springs Volunteer Fire and Emergency Medical Services, TX 15 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MICRO 15
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #20,563
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Alta Vista City
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Alta Vista City 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.
- Walnut Springs Vo… (this dept) 15
- High Barnard Rural, KS 15
- Near Alta Vista City, KS 15
- Near Argonia, KS 15
- Near Atwood, KS 15
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Walnut Springs, TX
- County
- Bosque County
- FDID
- AZ310
Staffing vs the Texas average
How Walnut Springs Volunteer Fire and Emergency Medical Services's personnel count compares to the typical department in Texas. In-state it ranks #1,082 of 1,231 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #20,563 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 241
- TX departments
- 1,879
County roster fringe
Walnut Springs Volunteer Fire and Emergency Medical Services is 8.8% of Bosque County roster mass
The county lists 11 departments totaling 171 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 55% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
6.67 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 15 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Alta Vista City Fire Department, KS (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 15 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every TX department.