Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderNorth Port Fire Rescue District
North Port, FL · Sarasota County. North Port Fire Rescue District is a Career (Paid) department, 3 stations and 62 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.
- 62
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
North Port Fire Rescue District pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Florida average.
- Top 11%
- national personnel size
- +121%
- vs. Florida average
- 3
- stations
- $2,574,244
- FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record
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.
North Port Fire Rescue District is a Career (Paid) department serving North Port, FL (Sarasota County), with 3 stations and 62 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,457 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $2,574,244.
- National personnel rank #2,457 of 22,440
- FL personnel rank #79 of 352
- 4.84 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 6 other listed departments in Sarasota County
North Port Fire Rescue District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
62 Top 11% higher than 89% 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 16021 · North Port Fire Rescue District, FL 62 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 62
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #2,457
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Walker Township V…
- FEMA-MID $2.6M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Walker Township Volunteer Fire Company, PA (+ 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.
- North Port Fire R… (this dept) 62
- High Corfu, NY 62
- Near Walker Township V…, PA 62
- Near Chelsea Fire Comp…, NY 62
- Near Blackstone Volunt…, VA 62
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- North Port, FL
- County
- Sarasota County
- FDID
- 16021
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | EMW-2017-FH-00165 | $2,574,243.81 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Florida average
How North Port Fire Rescue District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Florida. In-state it ranks #79 of 352 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,457 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 206
- FL departments
- 758
County roster weight
North Port Fire Rescue District carries 31.3% of Sarasota County HIFLD personnel
Among 9 listed departments (198 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 11% of the county count. County / state rollup.
4.84 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 62 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Walker Township Volunteer Fire Company, PA (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 62 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every FL department.