Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderGlendale Volunteer Fire Department
Defuniak Springs, FL · Walton County. Glendale Volunteer Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations and 10 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.
- 10
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Glendale Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well below the Florida average.
- 2nd pct.
- national personnel size
- -64%
- vs. Florida average
- 2
- 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.
Glendale Volunteer Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Defuniak Springs, FL (Walton County), with 2 stations and 10 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #21,909 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #21,909 of 22,440
- FL personnel rank #345 of 352
- 20.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 7 other listed departments in Walton County
Glendale Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
10 Top 98% higher than 2% 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 36141 · Glendale Volunteer Fire Department, FL 10 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MICRO · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MICRO 10
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #21,909
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Peckham Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Peckham Volunteer Fire Department, OK (+ 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.
- Glendale Volunteer (this dept) 10
- High Plains Volunteer, MT 10
- Near Peckham Volunteer, OK 10
- Near Elk River, ID 10
- Near Coleman, OK 10
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Defuniak Springs, FL
- County
- Walton County
- FDID
- 36141
Staffing vs the Florida average
How Glendale Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Florida. In-state it ranks #345 of 352 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #21,909 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
Glendale Volunteer Fire Department is 4.5% of Walton County roster mass
The county lists 9 departments totaling 223 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 100% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
20.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 10 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Peckham Volunteer Fire Department, OK (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 10 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every FL department.