Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderFort Walton Beach Fire Department
Fort Walton Beach, FL · Okaloosa County. Fort Walton Beach Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations and 33 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.
- 33
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Fort Walton Beach Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Florida average.
- Top 39%
- national personnel size
- +18%
- vs. Florida average
- 2
- stations
- $1,459,451
- 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.
Fort Walton Beach Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Fort Walton Beach, FL (Okaloosa County), with 2 stations and 33 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8,680 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $1,459,451.
- National personnel rank #8,680 of 22,440
- FL personnel rank #152 of 352
- 6.06 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 19 other listed departments in Okaloosa County
Fort Walton Beach Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
33 Top 39% higher than 61% 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 43032 · Fort Walton Beach Fire Department, FL 33 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 33
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #8,680
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Farmington
- FEMA-MID $1.5M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Farmington Fire Department, KY (+ 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.
- Fort Walton Beach (this dept) 33
- High Central Ohio Join…, OH 33
- Near Farmington, KY 33
- Near Hilltop Fire Dist…, SC 33
- Near Arkwright, SC 33
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Fort Walton Beach, FL
- County
- Okaloosa County
- FDID
- 43032
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | EMW-2018-FH-00488 | $773,614.33 |
| 2018 | EMW-2018-FO-04343 | $202,857 |
| 2012 | EMW-2012-FO-0250 | $482,980 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Florida average
How Fort Walton Beach Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Florida. In-state it ranks #152 of 352 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8,680 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
Fort Walton Beach Fire Department is 8.8% of Okaloosa County roster mass
The county lists 24 departments totaling 375 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 54% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
6.06 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 33 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Farmington Fire Department, KY (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 33 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every FL department.