Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderHighland Lakes Volunteer Fire and Rescue
Avon Park, FL · Highlands County. Highland Lakes Volunteer Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 25 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.
- 25
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Highland Lakes Volunteer Fire and Rescue pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Florida average.
- 40th pct.
- national personnel size
- -11%
- 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.
Highland Lakes Volunteer Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department serving Avon Park, FL (Highlands County), with 2 stations and 25 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #13,500 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #13,500 of 22,440
- FL personnel rank #208 of 352
- 8.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 11 other listed departments in Highlands County
Highland Lakes Volunteer Fire and Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
25 Top 60% higher than 40% 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 27021 · Highland Lakes Volunteer Fire and Rescue, FL 25 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 25
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #13,500
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Oneida
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Oneida Fire Department, NY (+ 0 personnel)
Volunteer 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.
- Highland Lakes Vo… (this dept) 25
- High Smithwick Volunte…, SD 25
- Near Oneida, NY 25
- Near Leonardsville, NY 25
- Near Alma Center Volun…, WI 25
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Avon Park, FL
- County
- Highlands County
- FDID
- 27021
Staffing vs the Florida average
How Highland Lakes Volunteer Fire and Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in Florida. In-state it ranks #208 of 352 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #13,500 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 206
- FL departments
- 758
County roster geometry
Highlands County HIFLD mix around Highland Lakes Volunteer Fire and Rescue
Highlands County: 15 departments, 156 personnel (4 volunteer / 3 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 53% of departments. County / state rollup.
8.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 25 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Oneida Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 25 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every FL department.