Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderNorth River Fire District
Palmetto, FL · Manatee County. North River Fire District is a Career (Paid) department, 4 stations and 60 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.
- 60
- Total personnel
- 4
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
North River Fire District pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Florida average.
- Top 12%
- national personnel size
- +114%
- vs. Florida average
- 4
- stations
- $1,773,550
- 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 River Fire District is a Career (Paid) department serving Palmetto, FL (Manatee County), with 4 stations and 60 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,672 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $1,773,550.
- National personnel rank #2,672 of 22,440
- FL personnel rank #83 of 352
- 6.67 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 12 other listed departments in Manatee County
North River Fire District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
60 Top 12% higher than 88% 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 15092 · North River Fire District, FL 60 personnel · 4 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 60
- STA-FEW 4 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #2,672
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Winchester Fire C…
- FEMA-MID $1.8M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Winchester Fire Company, NY (+ 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 River Fire… (this dept) 60
- High Paoli Fire Company, PA 60
- Near Winchester Fire C…, NY 60
- Near Cleveland Hill, NY 60
- Near Armor Volunteer F…, NY 60
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Palmetto, FL
- County
- Manatee County
- FDID
- 15092
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | EMW-2022-FF-01688 | $1,773,550.08 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Florida average
How North River Fire District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Florida. In-state it ranks #83 of 352 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,672 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 4
- State fire deaths/yr
- 206
- FL departments
- 758
County roster geometry
Manatee County HIFLD mix around North River Fire District
Manatee County: 18 departments, 464 personnel (3 volunteer / 7 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 89% of departments. County / state rollup.
6.67 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 60 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Winchester Fire Company, NY (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 60 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every FL department.