Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderCity of Venice Fire Department
Venice, FL · Sarasota County. City of Venice Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 3 stations and 46 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.
- 46
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
City of Venice Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the Florida average.
- Top 20%
- national personnel size
- +64%
- vs. Florida average
- 3
- 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.
City of Venice Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Venice, FL (Sarasota County), with 3 stations and 46 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,573 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #4,573 of 22,440
- FL personnel rank #102 of 352
- 6.52 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 6 other listed departments in Sarasota County
City of Venice Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
46 Top 20% higher than 80% 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 16062 · City of Venice Fire Department, FL 46 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 46
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #4,573
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Volvo-White Motor…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Volvo-White Motor Company Fire Brigade, 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.
- City of Venice (this dept) 46
- High Thorndale Volunte…, PA 46
- Near Volvo-White Motor…, VA 46
- Near Pinos Altos Volun…, NM 46
- Near North Amherst Fir…, NY 46
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Venice, FL
- County
- Sarasota County
- FDID
- 16062
Staffing vs the Florida average
How City of Venice Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Florida. In-state it ranks #102 of 352 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,573 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 206
- FL departments
- 758
County roster geometry
Sarasota County HIFLD mix around City of Venice Fire Department
Sarasota County: 9 departments, 198 personnel (1 volunteer / 3 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 56% of departments. County / state rollup.
6.52 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 46 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Volvo-White Motor Company Fire Brigade, VA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 46 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every FL department.