Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Marathon Fire Rescue

Marathon, FL · Monroe County. Marathon Fire Rescue is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 66 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.

66
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Marathon Fire Rescue pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Florida average.

Top 10%
national personnel size
+136%
vs. Florida average
2
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.

B
PlainFireData Composite Score
75/100
Marathon Fire Rescue

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 B
33 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
66 personnel · 2 stations

Marathon Fire Rescue is a Volunteer department serving Marathon, FL (Monroe County), with 2 stations and 66 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,149 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #2,149 of 22,440
  • FL personnel rank #75 of 352
  • 3.03 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 14 other listed departments in Monroe County

Marathon Fire Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution

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

66 Top 10% higher than 90% 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 38071 · Marathon Fire Rescue, FL 66 personnel · 2 stations

PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MID 66
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #2,149
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Redlands
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Redlands Fire Department, 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
MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
Location
Marathon, FL
FDID
38071

Staffing vs the Florida average

How Marathon Fire Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in Florida. In-state it ranks #75 of 352 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,149 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 136% above the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
206
FL departments
758

County roster geometry

Monroe County HIFLD mix around Marathon Fire Rescue

Monroe County: 17 departments, 617 personnel (6 volunteer / 3 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 53% of departments. County / state rollup.

3.03 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 66 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Redlands Fire Department, CA (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nationwide volunteer peers near 66 personnel

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