Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderHardee County Fire Rescue Department
Wauchula, FL · Hardee County. Hardee County Fire Rescue Department is a Career (Paid) department, 3 stations and 40 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.
- 40
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Hardee County Fire Rescue Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Florida average.
- Top 27%
- national personnel size
- +43%
- vs. Florida average
- 3
- 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.
Hardee County Fire Rescue Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Wauchula, FL (Hardee County), with 3 stations and 40 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,054 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #6,054 of 22,440
- FL personnel rank #122 of 352
- 7.50 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 1 other listed department in Hardee County
Hardee County Fire Rescue Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
40 Top 27% higher than 73% 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 30032 · Hardee County Fire Rescue Department, FL 40 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 40
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #6,054
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Waynesburg Frankl…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Waynesburg Franklin Township Volunteer Fire Company, 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.
- Hardee County Fir… (this dept) 40
- High Needmore Voluntee…, PA 40
- Near Waynesburg Frankl…, PA 40
- Near Cedarville Townsh…, OH 40
- Near Dyersville, IA 40
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Wauchula, FL
- County
- Hardee County
- FDID
- 30032
Staffing vs the Florida average
How Hardee County Fire Rescue Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Florida. In-state it ranks #122 of 352 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,054 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 206
- FL departments
- 758
County roster weight
Hardee County Fire Rescue Department carries 100.0% of Hardee County HIFLD personnel
Among 2 listed departments (40 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 0% of the county count. County / state rollup.
7.50 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 40 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Waynesburg Franklin Township Volunteer Fire Company, PA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nationwide career peers near 40 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every FL department.