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Lawtey Volunteer Fire Department

Lawtey, FL · Bradford County. Lawtey Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department and 11 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.

11
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Lawtey Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well below the Florida average.

3rd pct.
national personnel size
-61%
vs. Florida average
$175,513
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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
57/100
Lawtey Volunteer Fire Department

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.

Staffing capacity
No station count on file for this department
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment C
$15,956 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
11 personnel

Lawtey Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Lawtey, FL (Bradford County) and 11 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #21,738 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $175,513.

  • National personnel rank #21,738 of 22,440
  • FL personnel rank #342 of 352
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 7 other listed departments in Bradford County

Lawtey Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

11 Top 97% higher than 3% 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 45061 · Lawtey Volunteer Fire Department, FL 11 personnel

PERS-MICRO · STA-UNK · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MICRO 11
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #21,738
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Keswick Volunteer…
  • FEMA-LIGHT $176K
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Keswick Volunteer Fire Company - Shasta County Fire, CA (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Lawtey, FL
FDID
45061

FEMA Grant History

$176K
Cumulative funding (FY2009)
1
Awards
Year Award Amount
2009 EMW-2009-FO-0490 $175,513

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the Florida average

How Lawtey Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Florida. In-state it ranks #342 of 352 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #21,738 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 61% below the state average
Stations
Not reported
State fire deaths/yr
206
FL departments
758

County roster geometry

Bradford County HIFLD mix around Lawtey Volunteer Fire Department

Bradford County: 8 departments, 70 personnel (3 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 100% of departments. County / state rollup.

Photo-finish peer: Keswick Volunteer Fire Company - Shasta County Fire, CA (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Starke Fire Department
Starke · career
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Nationwide volunteer peers near 11 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every FL department.

Keswick Volunteer Fire Company - Shasta County Fire, CA 11 Greensburg Volunteer Fire Department, LA 11 Millerton Fire Department, OK 11 Tiger Mountain Rural Fire Department, OK 11 Santa Fe County Volunteer Fire - Madrid District, NM 11 Iowa Tribal Volunteer Fire Department, OK 11 Causey Fire Department / Causey Ambulance Service, NM 11 Wilton Volunteer Fire Station, AR 11

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Lawtey Volunteer Fire Department have?

Lawtey Volunteer Fire Department has 11 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 61% below the Florida average of 28 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #21,738 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within FL, it ranks #342 of 352 by personnel.

Does Lawtey Volunteer Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, Lawtey Volunteer Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Lawtey Volunteer Fire Department operate?

Station count data for Lawtey Volunteer Fire Department is not available in the HIFLD database.

What type of fire department is Lawtey Volunteer Fire Department?

Lawtey Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Bradford County, FL. Volunteer departments rely on community members who serve without full-time compensation.

Has Lawtey Volunteer Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Lawtey Volunteer Fire Department has received 1 FEMA grant totaling $175,513 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2009 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2009.

How many fire departments are in Florida?

Florida has 758 fire departments with 21,048 total personnel. 24% are volunteer departments.

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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.