Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue

Fort Lauderdale, FL · Broward County. Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue is a Career (Paid) department, 13 stations and 412 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.

412
Total personnel
13
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Florida average.

Top 1%
national personnel size
+1371%
vs. Florida average
13
stations
$15,289,524
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.

B
PlainFireData Composite Score
76/100
Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue

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.

Staffing capacity B
31.7 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment A
$37,110 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
412 personnel · 13 stations

Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue is a Career (Paid) department serving Fort Lauderdale, FL (Broward County), with 13 stations and 412 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #69 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $15,289,524.

  • National personnel rank #69 of 22,440
  • FL personnel rank #5 of 352
  • 3.16 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 27 other listed departments in Broward County

Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

412 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 10192 · Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue, FL 412 personnel · 13 stations

PERS-LARGE · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-HEAVY · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-LARGE 412
  • STA-MULTI 13 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #69
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Contra Costa Coun…
  • FEMA-HEAVY $15.3M
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Contra Costa County Fire Protection District, CA ( -6 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.

Department Profile

Type
CAREER
Location
Fort Lauderdale, FL
FDID
10192

FEMA Grant History

$15.3M
Cumulative funding (FY2014–2024)
6
Awards
Year Award Amount
2024 EMW-2024-FG-02435 $1,237,018.18
2023 EMW-2023-FF-00466 $11,386,788
2019 EMW-2019-FG-03283 $828,086.45
2017 EMW-2017-FO-00106 $632,200
2016 EMW2015FO00117 $315,349
2014 EMW2013FO00615 $890,082

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the Florida average

How Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in Florida. In-state it ranks #5 of 352 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #69 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 1371% above the state average
Stations
13
State fire deaths/yr
206
FL departments
758

County roster geometry

Broward County HIFLD mix around Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue

Broward County: 41 departments, 2,435 personnel (2 volunteer / 16 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 100% of departments. County / state rollup.

3.16 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (13 stations / 412 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Contra Costa County Fire Protection District, CA (-6 personnel).

Nearby Departments

City of Dania Beach Fire Department 93
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Deerfield Beach Fire Rescue
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Nationwide career peers near 412 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every FL department.

Contra Costa County Fire Protection District, CA 406 Akron Fire Department, OH 420 Syracuse Fire Department, NY 403 Middletown Township Fire Department, NJ 400 Chattanooga Fire Department, TN 400 Corpus Christi Fire Department, TX 399 Little Rock Fire, AR 396 Navy Regional Midatlantic Fire and Emergency Services, VA 389

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue have?

Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue has 412 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 1371% above the Florida average of 28 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #69 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within FL, it ranks #5 of 352 by personnel.

Does Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue provide EMS services?

Yes, Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue operate?

Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue operates 13 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue?

Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue is a Career (Paid) department serving Broward County, FL. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

Has Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue received federal grants?

Yes, Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue has received 6 FEMA grants totaling $15,289,523.63 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2014–2024 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2024.

How many fire departments are in Florida?

Florida has 758 fire departments with 21,048 total personnel. 24% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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