Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Haines City Fire and Rescue

Haines City, FL · Polk County. Haines City Fire and Rescue is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 22 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.

22
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Haines City Fire and Rescue pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Florida average.

30th pct.
national personnel size
-21%
vs. Florida average
1
station
$551,955
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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
58/100
Haines City Fire and 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 C
22 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 B
$25,089 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
22 personnel · 1 station

Haines City Fire and Rescue is a Career (Paid) department serving Haines City, FL (Polk County), with 1 station and 22 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #15,668 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $551,955.

  • National personnel rank #15,668 of 22,440
  • FL personnel rank #229 of 352
  • 4.55 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 15 other listed departments in Polk County

Haines City Fire and Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution

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

22 Top 70% higher than 30% 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 05042 · Haines City Fire and Rescue, FL 22 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 22
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #15,668
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Baxendale Rural F…
  • FEMA-MID $552K
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Baxendale Rural Fire District, MT (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
CAREER
Location
Haines City, FL
FDID
05042

FEMA Grant History

$552K
Cumulative funding (FY2018)
1
Awards
Year Award Amount
2018 EMW2016FH00092 $551,955.35

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

Staffing vs the Florida average

How Haines City Fire and Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in Florida. In-state it ranks #229 of 352 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #15,668 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 21% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
206
FL departments
758

County roster fringe

Haines City Fire and Rescue is 4.9% of Polk County roster mass

The county lists 19 departments totaling 447 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 53% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

4.55 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 22 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Baxendale Rural Fire District, MT (+0 personnel).

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Nationwide career peers near 22 personnel

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

Baxendale Rural Fire District, MT 22 Hessmer Volunteer Fire Department, LA 22 Alder Springs Volunteer Fire Department, AL 22 Trenton City Fire Department, UT 22 Wildwood Fire Department, NJ 22 Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station Fire Department-Dod, CO 22 Fitzgerald Fire Department, GA 22 Mid County Fire Protection District of Saint Louis County, MO 22

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Haines City Fire and Rescue have?

Haines City Fire and Rescue has 22 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 21% below the Florida average of 28 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #15,668 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within FL, it ranks #229 of 352 by personnel.

Does Haines City Fire and Rescue provide EMS services?

Yes, Haines City Fire and Rescue provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Haines City Fire and Rescue operate?

Haines City Fire and Rescue operates 1 fire station.

What type of fire department is Haines City Fire and Rescue?

Haines City Fire and Rescue is a Career (Paid) department serving Polk County, FL. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

Has Haines City Fire and Rescue received federal grants?

Yes, Haines City Fire and Rescue has received 1 FEMA grant totaling $551,955.35 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2018 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2018.

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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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.