Department profile
Career (Paid)East Lake Fire Tarpon Special Fire Control District
Palm Harbor, FL · Pinellas County. East Lake Fire Tarpon Special Fire Control District is a Career (Paid) department, 3 stations and 38 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 38
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
East Lake Fire Tarpon Special Fire Control District pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Florida average.
- Top 30%
- national personnel size
- +36%
- 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.
East Lake Fire Tarpon Special Fire Control District is a Career (Paid) department serving Palm Harbor, FL (Pinellas County), with 3 stations and 38 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,723 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #6,723 of 22,440
- FL personnel rank #135 of 352
- 7.89 stations per 100 personnel
- 23 other listed departments in Pinellas County
East Lake Fire Tarpon Special Fire Control District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
38 Top 30% higher than 70% of 22,440 departments
Listable U.S. fire departments, banded by total personnel
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more departments. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source HIFLD fire-station registry · 2026-09-06
Dispatch plate
Sheet 04081 · East Lake Fire Tarpon Special Fire Control District, FL 38 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 38
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #6,723
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ New Brighton Volu…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: New Brighton Volunteer Fire Department, PA (+ 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.
- East Lake Fire Ta… (this dept) 38
- High Spout Springs Eme…, NC 38
- Near New Brighton Volu…, PA 38
- Near Greenough Potomac, MT 38
- Near Lisle, NY 38
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Palm Harbor, FL
- County
- Pinellas County
- FDID
- 04081
Staffing vs the Florida average
How East Lake Fire Tarpon Special Fire Control District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Florida. In-state it ranks #135 of 352 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,723 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 206
- FL departments
- 758
County roster fringe
East Lake Fire Tarpon Special Fire Control District is 3.1% of Pinellas County roster mass
The county lists 31 departments totaling 1,231 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 84% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
7.89 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 38 roster).
Photo-finish peer: New Brighton Volunteer Fire Department, PA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 38 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every FL department.