Department profile
VolunteerLaurel Hill Volunteer Fire Department
Laurel Hill, FL · Okaloosa County. Laurel Hill Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 10 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 10
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Laurel Hill Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well below the Florida average.
- 2nd pct.
- national personnel size
- -64%
- 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.
Laurel Hill Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Laurel Hill, FL (Okaloosa County), with 1 station and 10 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #21,955 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #21,955 of 22,440
- FL personnel rank #346 of 352
- 10.00 stations per 100 personnel
- 19 other listed departments in Okaloosa County
Laurel Hill Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
10 Top 98% higher than 2% 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 43041 · Laurel Hill Volunteer Fire Department, FL 10 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MICRO 10
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #21,955
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bold Springs-Popl…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Bold Springs-Poplar Grove Volunteer Fire Department, TN (+ 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.
- Laurel Hill Volun… (this dept) 10
- High Lester Volunteer, WV 10
- Near Bold Springs-Popl…, TN 10
- Near Goodrich Rural Fi…, ND 10
- Near Pottery Addition…, OH 10
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Laurel Hill, FL
- County
- Okaloosa County
- FDID
- 43041
Staffing vs the Florida average
How Laurel Hill Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Florida. In-state it ranks #346 of 352 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #21,955 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
Laurel Hill Volunteer Fire Department is 2.7% of Okaloosa County roster mass
The county lists 24 departments totaling 375 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 54% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
10.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 10 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Bold Springs-Poplar Grove Volunteer Fire Department, TN (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 10 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every FL department.