Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderAlachua County Fire Department
Gainesville, FL · Alachua County. Alachua County Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 11 stations and 233 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.
- 233
- Total personnel
- 11
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Alachua County Fire Department pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Florida average.
- Top 1%
- national personnel size
- +732%
- vs. Florida average
- 11
- stations
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.
Alachua County Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Gainesville, FL (Alachua County), with 11 stations and 233 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #175 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #175 of 22,440
- FL personnel rank #15 of 352
- 4.72 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 11 other listed departments in Alachua County
Alachua County Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
233 Top 1% higher than 99% 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 11062 · Alachua County Fire Department, FL 233 personnel · 11 stations
PERS-LARGE · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-LARGE 233
- STA-MULTI 11 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #175
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ South Metro Fire…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: South Metro Fire Rescue, CO ( -1 personnel)
Career/paid 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 FL department.
- High Lansing Fire and…, MI 235
- Near Beaumont Fire and…, TX 234
- Alachua County (this dept) 233
- Near South Metro Fire…, CO 232
- Low Amarillo, TX 231
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Gainesville, FL
- County
- Alachua County
- FDID
- 11062
Staffing vs the Florida average
How Alachua County Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Florida. In-state it ranks #15 of 352 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #175 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 11
- State fire deaths/yr
- 206
- FL departments
- 758
County roster weight
Alachua County Fire Department carries 67.7% of Alachua County HIFLD personnel
Among 13 listed departments (344 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 38% of the county count. County / state rollup.
4.72 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (11 stations / 233 roster).
Photo-finish peer: South Metro Fire Rescue, CO (-1 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 233 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every FL department.