Department profile
Career (Paid)Live Oak Fire Department
Live Oak, FL · Suwannee County. Live Oak Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 30 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 30
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Live Oak Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the Florida average.
- Top 46%
- national personnel size
- +7%
- 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.
Live Oak Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Live Oak, FL (Suwannee County), with 1 station and 30 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #10,357 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #10,357 of 22,440
- FL personnel rank #171 of 352
- 3.33 stations per 100 personnel
- 11 other listed departments in Suwannee County
Live Oak Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
30 Top 46% higher than 54% 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 31022 · Live Oak Fire Department, FL 30 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 30
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-MID #10,357
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Key West Community
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Key West Community Fire Department, IA (+ 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.
- Live Oak (this dept) 30
- High Cool Springs Volu…, WV 30
- Near Key West Community, IA 30
- Near Cheviot, OH 30
- Near Stringer Voluntee…, MS 30
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Live Oak, FL
- County
- Suwannee County
- FDID
- 31022
Staffing vs the Florida average
How Live Oak Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Florida. In-state it ranks #171 of 352 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #10,357 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 206
- FL departments
- 758
County roster weight
Live Oak Fire Department carries 29.4% of Suwannee County HIFLD personnel
Among 13 listed departments (102 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 23% of the county count. County / state rollup.
3.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 30 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Key West Community Fire Department, IA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 30 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every FL department.