Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderEstero Fire Rescue
Estero, FL · Lee County. Estero Fire Rescue is a Career (Paid) department, 4 stations and 67 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.
- 67
- Total personnel
- 4
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Estero Fire Rescue pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Florida average.
- Top 9%
- national personnel size
- +139%
- vs. Florida average
- 4
- 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.
Estero Fire Rescue is a Career (Paid) department serving Estero, FL (Lee County), with 4 stations and 67 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,087 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,087 of 22,440
- FL personnel rank #71 of 352
- 5.97 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 22 other listed departments in Lee County
Estero Fire Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
67 Top 9% higher than 91% 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 18041 · Estero Fire Rescue, FL 67 personnel · 4 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 67
- STA-FEW 4 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #2,087
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Linesville Volunt…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Linesville 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.
- Estero Fire Rescue (this dept) 67
- High West Dunn Fire Di…, ND 67
- Near Linesville Volunt…, PA 67
- Near Hackettstown, NJ 67
- Near Chatham Borough, NJ 67
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Estero, FL
- County
- Lee County
- FDID
- 18041
Staffing vs the Florida average
How Estero Fire Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in Florida. In-state it ranks #71 of 352 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,087 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 4
- State fire deaths/yr
- 206
- FL departments
- 758
County roster fringe
Estero Fire Rescue is 7.0% of Lee County roster mass
The county lists 33 departments totaling 953 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 73% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
5.97 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 67 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Linesville 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 67 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every FL department.