Department profile
VolunteerMexico Beach Volunteer Fire Department
Mexico Beach, FL · Bay County. Mexico Beach Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 13 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 13
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Mexico Beach Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well below the Florida average.
- 6th pct.
- national personnel size
- -54%
- 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.
Mexico Beach Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Mexico Beach, FL (Bay County), with 1 station and 13 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #21,146 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #21,146 of 22,440
- FL personnel rank #323 of 352
- 7.69 stations per 100 personnel
- 22 other listed departments in Bay County
Mexico Beach Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
13 Top 94% higher than 6% 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 23101 · Mexico Beach Volunteer Fire Department, FL 13 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MICRO 13
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #21,146
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Verdunville Volun…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Verdunville Volunteer Fire Department, WV (+ 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.
- Mexico Beach Volu… (this dept) 13
- High Windy Hill Volunt…, SC 13
- Near Verdunville Volun…, WV 13
- Near Harmon Community…, OK 13
- Near Crow Agency, MT 13
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Mexico Beach, FL
- County
- Bay County
- FDID
- 23101
Staffing vs the Florida average
How Mexico Beach Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Florida. In-state it ranks #323 of 352 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #21,146 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
Mexico Beach Volunteer Fire Department is 5.6% of Bay County roster mass
The county lists 25 departments totaling 232 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 48% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
7.69 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 13 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Verdunville Volunteer Fire Department, WV (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 13 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every FL department.