Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderZavalla Volunteer Fire Department
Zavalla, TX · Angelina County. Zavalla Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 28 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.
- 28
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Zavalla Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Texas average.
- 47th pct.
- national personnel size
- -18%
- 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.
Zavalla Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Zavalla, TX (Angelina County), with 1 station and 28 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #11,890 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #11,890 of 22,440
- TX personnel rank #539 of 1,231
- 3.57 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 9 other listed departments in Angelina County
Zavalla Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
28 Top 53% higher than 47% 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 AC309 · Zavalla Volunteer Fire Department, TX 28 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 28
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #11,890
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ 182nd Air Wing Fi…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: 182nd Air Wing Fire Department - Illinois Air National Guard-Dod, IL (+ 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.
- Zavalla Volunteer (this dept) 28
- High Ashton Fire Prote…, IL 28
- Near 182nd Air Wing Fi…, IL 28
- Near Altamont-Mount Pl…, KS 28
- Near Ashkum Township F…, IL 28
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Zavalla, TX
- County
- Angelina County
- FDID
- AC309
Staffing vs the Texas average
How Zavalla Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Texas. In-state it ranks #539 of 1,231 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #11,890 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
Angelina County HIFLD mix around Zavalla Volunteer Fire Department
Angelina County: 14 departments, 194 personnel (5 volunteer / 2 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 50% of departments. County / state rollup.
3.57 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 28 roster).
Photo-finish peer: 182nd Air Wing Fire Department - Illinois Air National Guard-Dod, IL (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 28 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every TX department.