Department profile
Career (Paid)Lakeland Fire Department
Lakeland, FL · Polk County. Lakeland Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 6 stations and 147 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 147
- Total personnel
- 6
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Lakeland Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Florida average.
- Top 2%
- national personnel size
- +425%
- vs. Florida average
- 6
- 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.
Lakeland Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Lakeland, FL (Polk County), with 6 stations and 147 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #433 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #433 of 22,440
- FL personnel rank #30 of 352
- 4.08 stations per 100 personnel
- 15 other listed departments in Polk County
Lakeland Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
147 Top 2% higher than 98% 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 05032 · Lakeland Fire Department, FL 147 personnel · 6 stations
PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-N · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 147
- STA-MULTI 6 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-TOP #433
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ North Charleston
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: North Charleston Fire Department, SC (+ 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.
- Lakeland (this dept) 147
- High Amityville, NY 147
- Near North Charleston, SC 147
- Near Lawrence Township…, IN 147
- Low Pennsauken, NJ 146
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Lakeland, FL
- County
- Polk County
- FDID
- 05032
Staffing vs the Florida average
How Lakeland Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Florida. In-state it ranks #30 of 352 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #433 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 6
- State fire deaths/yr
- 206
- FL departments
- 758
County roster weight
Lakeland Fire Department carries 32.9% of Polk County HIFLD personnel
Among 19 listed departments (447 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 32% of the county count. County / state rollup.
4.08 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (6 stations / 147 roster).
Photo-finish peer: North Charleston Fire Department, SC (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 147 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every FL department.