Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderBroward County Sheriffs Office Department of Fire Rescue and Emergency Services
Lauderdale Lakes, FL · Broward County. Broward County Sheriffs Office Department of Fire Rescue and Emergency Services is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 52 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.
- 52
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Broward County Sheriffs Office Department of Fire Rescue and Emergency Services pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the Florida average.
- Top 16%
- national personnel size
- +86%
- vs. Florida 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.
Broward County Sheriffs Office Department of Fire Rescue and Emergency Services is a Career (Paid) department serving Lauderdale Lakes, FL (Broward County), with 1 station and 52 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,537 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #3,537 of 22,440
- FL personnel rank #93 of 352
- 1.92 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 27 other listed departments in Broward County
Broward County Sheriffs Office Department of Fire Rescue and Emergency Services vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
52 Top 16% higher than 84% 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 10142 · Broward County Sheriffs Office Department of Fire Rescue and Emergency Services, FL 52 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 52
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #3,537
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ West Point Volunt…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: West Point Volunteer Fire Department / West Point Volunteer Rescue Squad, VA (+ 0 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.
- Broward County Sh… (this dept) 52
- High Chazy Volunteer, NY 52
- Near West Point Volunt…, VA 52
- Near Neillsville, WI 52
- Near Heber-Overgaard F…, AZ 52
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Lauderdale Lakes, FL
- County
- Broward County
- FDID
- 10142
Staffing vs the Florida average
How Broward County Sheriffs Office Department of Fire Rescue and Emergency Services's personnel count compares to the typical department in Florida. In-state it ranks #93 of 352 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,537 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 206
- FL departments
- 758
County roster fringe
Broward County Sheriffs Office Department of Fire Rescue and Emergency Services is 2.1% of Broward County roster mass
The county lists 41 departments totaling 2,435 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 100% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
1.92 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 52 roster).
Photo-finish peer: West Point Volunteer Fire Department / West Point Volunteer Rescue Squad, VA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 52 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every FL department.