Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderCity of Fort Myers Fire and Rescue
Fort Myers, FL · Lee County. City of Fort Myers Fire and Rescue is a Career (Paid) department, 4 stations and 106 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.
- 106
- Total personnel
- 4
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
City of Fort Myers Fire and Rescue pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Florida average.
- Top 4%
- national personnel size
- +279%
- vs. Florida average
- 4
- stations
- $9,184,586
- FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record
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.
City of Fort Myers Fire and Rescue is a Career (Paid) department serving Fort Myers, FL (Lee County), with 4 stations and 106 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #823 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $9,184,586.
- National personnel rank #823 of 22,440
- FL personnel rank #43 of 352
- 3.77 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 22 other listed departments in Lee County
City of Fort Myers Fire and Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
106 Top 4% higher than 96% 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 18092 · City of Fort Myers Fire and Rescue, FL 106 personnel · 4 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-HEAVY · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 106
- STA-FEW 4 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #823
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Eagan
- FEMA-HEAVY $9.2M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Eagan Fire Department, MN (+ 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.
- City of Fort Myer… (this dept) 106
- High Wheat Ridge Fire…, CO 106
- Near Eagan, MN 106
- Near Rockdale County, GA 106
- Near Dover, DE 106
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Fort Myers, FL
- County
- Lee County
- FDID
- 18092
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | EMW-2021-FG-01599 | $281,803.33 |
| 2020 | EMW-2020-FG-10087 | $306,410 |
| 2017 | EMW-2017-FO-02490 | $348,526 |
| 2015 | EMW2014FH00254 | $4,106,167 |
| 2012 | EMW2012FH00249 | $3,933,699 |
| 2010 | EMW2009FH00610 | $-15 |
| 2009 | EMW-2009-FO-1037 | $207,996 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Florida average
How City of Fort Myers Fire and Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in Florida. In-state it ranks #43 of 352 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #823 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 4
- State fire deaths/yr
- 206
- FL departments
- 758
County roster geometry
Lee County HIFLD mix around City of Fort Myers Fire and Rescue
Lee County: 33 departments, 953 personnel (6 volunteer / 12 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 73% of departments. County / state rollup.
3.77 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 106 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Eagan Fire Department, MN (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 106 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every FL department.