Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderEdgewater Department of Fire Rescue
Edgewater, FL · Volusia County. Edgewater Department of Fire Rescue is a Career (Paid) department, 2 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
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Edgewater Department of Fire Rescue pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the Florida average.
- Top 20%
- national personnel size
- +64%
- vs. Florida average
- 2
- stations
- $433,556
- 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 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.
Edgewater Department of Fire Rescue is a Career (Paid) department serving Edgewater, FL (Volusia County), with 2 stations and 46 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,588 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $433,556.
- National personnel rank #4,588 of 22,440
- FL personnel rank #103 of 352
- 4.35 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 16 other listed departments in Volusia County
Edgewater Department of Fire Rescue 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 08042 · Edgewater Department of Fire Rescue, FL 46 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 46
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #4,588
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Rolla Rural Fire…
- FEMA-LIGHT $434K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Rolla Rural Fire Protection Association - North, MO (+ 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.
- Edgewater Departm… (this dept) 46
- High Johnson, VT 46
- Near Rolla Rural Fire…, MO 46
- Near New Ulm Fire Depa…, MN 46
- Near Voluntown, CT 46
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Edgewater, FL
- County
- Volusia County
- FDID
- 08042
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | EMW-2022-FG-08647 | $363,636.36 |
| 2017 | EMW2015FH00682 | $0 |
| 2014 | EMW2013FF00550 | $69,920 |
| 2011 | EMW2010FH00558 | $0 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Florida average
How Edgewater Department of Fire Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in Florida. In-state it ranks #103 of 352 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,588 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 206
- FL departments
- 758
County roster fringe
Edgewater Department of Fire Rescue is 9.0% of Volusia County roster mass
The county lists 22 departments totaling 513 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 59% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
4.35 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 46 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Rolla Rural Fire Protection Association - North, MO (+0 personnel).
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.