Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderMary Esther Fire Department
Mary Esther, FL · Okaloosa County. Mary Esther Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 11 stations and 22 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.
- 22
- Total personnel
- 11
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Mary Esther Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Florida average.
- 30th pct.
- national personnel size
- -21%
- vs. Florida average
- 11
- 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.
Mary Esther Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Mary Esther, FL (Okaloosa County), with 11 stations and 22 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #15,802 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #15,802 of 22,440
- FL personnel rank #232 of 352
- 50.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 19 other listed departments in Okaloosa County
Mary Esther Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
22 Top 70% higher than 30% 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 43052 · Mary Esther Fire Department, FL 22 personnel · 11 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-MULTI · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 22
- STA-MULTI 11 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #15,802
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Hog Chain Volunte…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Hog Chain Volunteer Fire Department, MS (+ 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.
- Mary Esther (this dept) 22
- High Sedalia, KY 22
- Near Hog Chain Volunte…, MS 22
- Near Ramona, SD 22
- Near Woodruff Volunteer, WI 22
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Mary Esther, FL
- County
- Okaloosa County
- FDID
- 43052
Staffing vs the Florida average
How Mary Esther Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Florida. In-state it ranks #232 of 352 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #15,802 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 11
- State fire deaths/yr
- 206
- FL departments
- 758
County roster fringe
Mary Esther Fire Department is 5.9% 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.
50.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (11 stations / 22 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Hog Chain Volunteer Fire Department, MS (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 22 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every FL department.