Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderLake Talquin Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services
Tallahassee, FL · Leon County. Lake Talquin Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 20 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.
- 20
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Lake Talquin Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Florida average.
- 23rd pct.
- national personnel size
- -29%
- vs. Florida average
- 1
- station
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.
Lake Talquin Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services is a Volunteer department serving Tallahassee, FL (Leon County), with 1 station and 20 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #17,237 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #17,237 of 22,440
- FL personnel rank #253 of 352
- 5.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 5 other listed departments in Leon County
Lake Talquin Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
20 Top 77% higher than 23% 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 13061 · Lake Talquin Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services, FL 20 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 20
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #17,237
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Mesquite Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Mesquite Volunteer Fire Department, NM (+ 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.
- Lake Talquin Volu… (this dept) 20
- High West Fork Volunte…, MT 20
- Near Mesquite Volunteer, NM 20
- Near Blandford, MA 20
- Near Chaparral Volunte…, NM 20
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Tallahassee, FL
- County
- Leon County
- FDID
- 13061
Staffing vs the Florida average
How Lake Talquin Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services's personnel count compares to the typical department in Florida. In-state it ranks #253 of 352 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #17,237 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 206
- FL departments
- 758
County roster fringe
Lake Talquin Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services is 6.2% of Leon County roster mass
The county lists 7 departments totaling 321 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 86% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
5.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 20 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Mesquite Volunteer Fire Department, NM (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 20 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every FL department.