Cape Canaveral Volunteer Fire Department

What This Data Tells You About Cape Canaveral Volunteer Fire Department

Cape Canaveral Volunteer Fire Department operates as a Volunteer department in Cape Canaveral, within Brevard County, and the HIFLD and USFA records give a precise structural picture of its response capacity. The department reports 58 total personnel, 2 stations, no truck inventory reported. EMS capability is listed as active.

Benchmarking against the state gives this profile context. Florida has 758 registered fire departments and 21,048 total personnel, averaging roughly 28 staff per department. Cape Canaveral Volunteer Fire Department runs 107% above that state average, signalling a larger-than-typical crew likely tied to denser population or higher call volume. The state records about 106,000 fires, 206 fire deaths, and 24% volunteer coverage each year, which shapes training, funding priorities, and mutual-aid patterns felt at every department in the state.

No FEMA AFG or SAFER grant awards are recorded against this department's FDID in USAspending data, which is common for smaller or volunteer-heavy organizations that lean on state and local funding instead.