Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

City of Miami Department of Fire-Rescue

Miami, FL · Miami-Dade County. City of Miami Department of Fire-Rescue is a Career (Paid) department, 14 stations and 681 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.

681
Total personnel
14
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

City of Miami Department of Fire-Rescue pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Florida average.

Top 1%
national personnel size
+2332%
vs. Florida average
14
stations
$22,762,975
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
PlainFireData Composite Score
86/100
City of Miami Department of Fire-Rescue

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.

Staffing capacity A
48.6 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment B
$33,426 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
681 personnel · 14 stations

City of Miami Department of Fire-Rescue is a Career (Paid) department serving Miami, FL (Miami-Dade County), with 14 stations and 681 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #38 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $22,762,975.

  • National personnel rank #38 of 22,440
  • FL personnel rank #2 of 352
  • 2.06 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 11 other listed departments in Miami-Dade County

City of Miami Department of Fire-Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

681 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 01042 · City of Miami Department of Fire-Rescue, FL 681 personnel · 14 stations

PERS-LARGE · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · BELOW-PEER · FEMA-HEAVY · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-LARGE 681
  • STA-MULTI 14 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #38
  • BELOW-PEER under Sacramento Metrop…
  • FEMA-HEAVY $22.8M
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District, CA (+ 23 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.

Department Profile

Type
CAREER
Location
Miami, FL
FDID
01042

FEMA Grant History

$22.8M
Cumulative funding (FY2009–2024)
14
Awards
Year Award Amount
2024 EMW-2024-FF-00354 $4,096,632.59
2024 EMW-2024-FG-02666 $1,597,909.09
2023 EMW-2023-FG-02366 $1,743,490.9
2022 EMW-2022-FG-01526 $1,152,909.09
2021 EMW-2021-FG-02449 $1,173,322.73
2020 EMW-2020-FG-00527 $1,733,475.31
2019 EMW-2019-FG-02594 $825,500
2017 EMW2016FO06519 $628,626
2014 EMW2013FO03589 $1,144,269
2013 EMW2012FH00828 $3,682,224

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the Florida average

How City of Miami Department of Fire-Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in Florida. In-state it ranks #2 of 352 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #38 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 2332% above the state average
Stations
14
State fire deaths/yr
206
FL departments
758

County roster weight

City of Miami Department of Fire-Rescue carries 49.4% of Miami-Dade County HIFLD personnel

Among 16 listed departments (1,379 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 0% of the county count. County / state rollup.

2.06 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (14 stations / 681 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District, CA (+23 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Coral Gables Fire Department
Coral Gables · career
Hialeah Fire Department
Hialeah · career
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Nationwide career peers near 681 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every FL department.

Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District, CA 704 Omaha Fire and Rescue, NE 655 Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service, AL 709 City of las Vegas Fire and Rescue, NV 648 Newark Fire Department Rescue 1, NJ 730 Tulsa Fire Department, OK 730 Portland Fire and Rescue, OR 736 Kern County Fire Department, CA 625

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does City of Miami Department of Fire-Rescue have?

City of Miami Department of Fire-Rescue has 681 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 2332% above the Florida average of 28 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #38 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within FL, it ranks #2 of 352 by personnel.

Does City of Miami Department of Fire-Rescue provide EMS services?

Yes, City of Miami Department of Fire-Rescue provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does City of Miami Department of Fire-Rescue operate?

City of Miami Department of Fire-Rescue operates 14 fire stations.

What type of fire department is City of Miami Department of Fire-Rescue?

City of Miami Department of Fire-Rescue is a Career (Paid) department serving Miami-Dade County, FL. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

Has City of Miami Department of Fire-Rescue received federal grants?

Yes, City of Miami Department of Fire-Rescue has received 14 FEMA grants totaling $22,762,974.71 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2009–2024 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2024.

How many fire departments are in Florida?

Florida has 758 fire departments with 21,048 total personnel. 24% are volunteer departments.

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