Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderYoakum Fire and Emergency Management Service Department
Yoakum, TX · Lavaca County. Yoakum Fire and Emergency Management Service Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station 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
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Yoakum Fire and Emergency Management Service Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the Texas average.
- Top 34%
- national personnel size
- +6%
- 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.
Yoakum Fire and Emergency Management Service Department is a Volunteer department serving Yoakum, TX (Lavaca County), with 1 station and 36 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #7,565 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #7,565 of 22,440
- TX personnel rank #316 of 1,231
- 2.78 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 4 other listed departments in Lavaca County
Yoakum Fire and Emergency Management Service Department 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 DS505 · Yoakum Fire and Emergency Management Service Department, TX 36 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 36
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #7,565
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bingham Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Bingham Volunteer Fire Department, ME (+ 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.
- Yoakum 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 VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Yoakum, TX
- County
- Lavaca County
- FDID
- DS505
Staffing vs the Texas average
How Yoakum Fire and Emergency Management Service Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Texas. In-state it ranks #316 of 1,231 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,565 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 geometry
Lavaca County HIFLD mix around Yoakum Fire and Emergency Management Service Department
Lavaca County: 5 departments, 283 personnel (5 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 40% of departments. County / state rollup.
2.78 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 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).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 36 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every TX department.