Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderHollywood Fire Rescue and Beach Safety Department
Hollywood, FL · Broward County. Hollywood Fire Rescue and Beach Safety Department is a Career (Paid) department, 5 stations and 275 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.
- 275
- Total personnel
- 5
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Hollywood Fire Rescue and Beach Safety Department pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Florida average.
- Top 1%
- national personnel size
- +882%
- vs. Florida average
- 5
- stations
- $11,721,992
- 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.
Hollywood Fire Rescue and Beach Safety Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Hollywood, FL (Broward County), with 5 stations and 275 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #138 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $11,721,992.
- National personnel rank #138 of 22,440
- FL personnel rank #11 of 352
- 1.82 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 27 other listed departments in Broward County
Hollywood Fire Rescue and Beach Safety Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
275 Top 1% higher than 99% 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 10052 · Hollywood Fire Rescue and Beach Safety Department, FL 275 personnel · 5 stations
PERS-LARGE · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-HEAVY · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-LARGE 275
- STA-FEW 5 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #138
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ West Haven
- FEMA-HEAVY $11.7M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: West Haven Fire Department, CT (+ 1 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.
- High Winslow Township…, NJ 277
- Near West Haven, CT 276
- Near Lawrence Douglas…, KS 276
- Near Anaheim, CA 276
- Hollywood Fire Re… (this dept) 275
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Hollywood, FL
- County
- Broward County
- FDID
- 10052
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | EMW-2022-FG-04387 | $235,300.9 |
| 2021 | EMW-2021-FG-00150 | $368,181.81 |
| 2020 | EMW-2020-FF-00474 | $9,732,150.96 |
| 2016 | EMW2015FH00128 | $1,170,358 |
| 2011 | EMW-2011-FO-0813 | $216,000 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Florida average
How Hollywood Fire Rescue and Beach Safety Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Florida. In-state it ranks #11 of 352 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #138 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 5
- State fire deaths/yr
- 206
- FL departments
- 758
County roster geometry
Broward County HIFLD mix around Hollywood Fire Rescue and Beach Safety Department
Broward County: 41 departments, 2,435 personnel (2 volunteer / 16 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 100% of departments. County / state rollup.
1.82 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (5 stations / 275 roster).
Photo-finish peer: West Haven Fire Department, CT (+1 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 275 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every FL department.