Department profile
Career (Paid)Naval Air Station Whiting Field Fire Department
Milton, FL · Santa Rosa County. Naval Air Station Whiting Field Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 14 stations and 178 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 178
- Total personnel
- 14
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Naval Air Station Whiting Field Fire Department pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Florida average.
- Top 1%
- national personnel size
- +536%
- vs. Florida average
- 14
- 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.
Naval Air Station Whiting Field Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Milton, FL (Santa Rosa County), with 14 stations and 178 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #291 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #291 of 22,440
- FL personnel rank #22 of 352
- 7.87 stations per 100 personnel
- 13 other listed departments in Santa Rosa County
Naval Air Station Whiting Field Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
178 Top 1% higher than 99% 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 N5054 · Naval Air Station Whiting Field Fire Department, FL 178 personnel · 14 stations
PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-UNK · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-MID 178
- STA-MULTI 14 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-TOP #291
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Abilene
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Abilene Fire Department, TX (+ 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.
- High Rockville Volunte…, MD 179
- Naval Air Station… (this dept) 178
- Near Abilene, TX 178
- Low Sioux Falls Fire…, SD 177
- Near Wilmington, DE 177
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Milton, FL
- County
- Santa Rosa County
- FDID
- N5054
Staffing vs the Florida average
How Naval Air Station Whiting Field Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Florida. In-state it ranks #22 of 352 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #291 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 14
- State fire deaths/yr
- 206
- FL departments
- 758
County roster weight
Naval Air Station Whiting Field Fire Department carries 42.8% of Santa Rosa County HIFLD personnel
Among 22 listed departments (416 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 27% of the county count. County / state rollup.
7.87 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (14 stations / 178 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Abilene Fire Department, TX (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 178 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every FL department.