Department profile
VolunteerWise County Sand Flat Volunteer Fire Department
Chico, TX · Wise County. Wise County Sand Flat Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 15 total personnel. 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
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Wise County Sand Flat Volunteer Fire Department 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.
Wise County Sand Flat Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Chico, TX (Wise 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 #20,600 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #20,600 of 22,440
- TX personnel rank #1,084 of 1,231
- 6.67 stations per 100 personnel
- 18 other listed departments in Wise County
Wise County Sand Flat Volunteer Fire Department 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 XY401 · Wise County Sand Flat Volunteer Fire Department, TX 15 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MICRO 15
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #20,600
- 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.
- Wise County Sand… (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
- Chico, TX
- County
- Wise County
- FDID
- XY401
Staffing vs the Texas average
How Wise County Sand Flat Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Texas. In-state it ranks #1,084 of 1,231 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #20,600 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
Wise County Sand Flat Volunteer Fire Department is 5.6% of Wise County roster mass
The county lists 19 departments totaling 267 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 32% 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.