Department profile
VolunteerCompass Lake IN the Hills Volunteer Fire Department
Alford, FL · Jackson County. Compass Lake IN the Hills Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 33 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 33
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Compass Lake IN the Hills Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Florida average.
- Top 38%
- national personnel size
- +18%
- vs. Florida average
- 1
- station
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.
Compass Lake IN the Hills Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Alford, FL (Jackson County), with 1 station and 33 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8,639 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #8,639 of 22,440
- FL personnel rank #151 of 352
- 3.03 stations per 100 personnel
- 9 other listed departments in Jackson County
Compass Lake IN the Hills Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
33 Top 38% higher than 62% 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 25061 · Compass Lake IN the Hills Volunteer Fire Department, FL 33 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 33
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-UPPER #8,639
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Everson Volunteer…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Everson Volunteer Fire Company, PA (+ 0 personnel)
Volunteer 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.
- Compass Lake IN t… (this dept) 33
- High North Chittenango, NY 33
- Near Everson Volunteer…, PA 33
- Near Blooming Grove Vo…, IN 33
- Near Gallipolis, OH 33
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Alford, FL
- County
- Jackson County
- FDID
- 25061
Staffing vs the Florida average
How Compass Lake IN the Hills Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Florida. In-state it ranks #151 of 352 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8,639 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 206
- FL departments
- 758
County roster geometry
Jackson County HIFLD mix around Compass Lake IN the Hills Volunteer Fire Department
Jackson County: 11 departments, 148 personnel (5 volunteer / 2 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 55% of departments. County / state rollup.
3.03 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 33 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Everson Volunteer Fire Company, PA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 33 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every FL department.