Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderClearwater Fire and Rescue
Clearwater, FL · Pinellas County. Clearwater Fire and Rescue is a Career (Paid) department, 7 stations and 192 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.
- 192
- Total personnel
- 7
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Clearwater Fire and Rescue pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Florida average.
- Top 1%
- national personnel size
- +586%
- vs. Florida average
- 7
- 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.
Clearwater Fire and Rescue is a Career (Paid) department serving Clearwater, FL (Pinellas County), with 7 stations and 192 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #248 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #248 of 22,440
- FL personnel rank #20 of 352
- 3.65 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 23 other listed departments in Pinellas County
Clearwater Fire and Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
192 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 04022 · Clearwater Fire and Rescue, FL 192 personnel · 7 stations
PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 192
- STA-MULTI 7 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #248
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bel Air Volunteer…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Bel Air Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated - Bel Air Station, MD (+ 1 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.
- High Lake Mohegan Fire…, NY 193
- Near Bel Air Volunteer…, MD 193
- Clearwater Fire a… (this dept) 192
- Low Greater Prudhoe B…, AK 191
- Near City of Jackson, TN 191
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Clearwater, FL
- County
- Pinellas County
- FDID
- 04022
Staffing vs the Florida average
How Clearwater Fire and Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in Florida. In-state it ranks #20 of 352 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #248 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 7
- State fire deaths/yr
- 206
- FL departments
- 758
County roster geometry
Pinellas County HIFLD mix around Clearwater Fire and Rescue
Pinellas County: 31 departments, 1,231 personnel (1 volunteer / 15 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 84% of departments. County / state rollup.
3.65 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (7 stations / 192 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Bel Air Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated - Bel Air Station, MD (+1 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 192 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every FL department.