Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Ochopee Fire Rescue

Everglades City, FL · Collier County. Ochopee Fire Rescue is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations and 33 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.

33
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Ochopee Fire Rescue pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Florida average.

Top 39%
national personnel size
+18%
vs. Florida average
2
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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
27/100
Ochopee Fire Rescue

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.

Staffing capacity D
16.5 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
33 personnel · 2 stations

Ochopee Fire Rescue is a Career (Paid) department serving Everglades City, FL (Collier County), with 2 stations and 33 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8,816 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #8,816 of 22,440
  • FL personnel rank #155 of 352
  • 6.06 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 11 other listed departments in Collier County

Ochopee Fire Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

33 Top 39% higher than 61% 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 64011 · Ochopee Fire Rescue, FL 33 personnel · 2 stations

PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 33
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #8,816
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Ogden Dunes
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Ogden Dunes Fire Department, IN (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
MOSTLY CAREER
Location
Everglades City, FL
FDID
64011

Staffing vs the Florida average

How Ochopee Fire Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in Florida. In-state it ranks #155 of 352 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8,816 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 18% above the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
206
FL departments
758

County roster fringe

Ochopee Fire Rescue is 7.9% of Collier County roster mass

The county lists 17 departments totaling 417 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 82% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

6.06 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 33 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Ogden Dunes Fire Department, IN (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nearby Departments

Immokalee Fire Control District
Immokalee · career
Immokalee Fire Control District
Ave Maria · other
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Nationwide career peers near 33 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every FL department.

Ogden Dunes Fire Department, IN 33 Hopewell Township Fire Department, OH 33 Kouts Volunteer Fire Department, IN 33 Chesterton Fire Department, IN 33 Miamisburg Fire Department, OH 33 Wisconsin Rapids Fire Department / Wisconsin Rapids Emergency Medical Services, WI 33 Bixby Fire Department, OK 33 City of Sand Springs Fire Department, OK 33

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Ochopee Fire Rescue have?

Ochopee Fire Rescue has 33 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 18% above the Florida average of 28 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #8,816 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within FL, it ranks #155 of 352 by personnel.

Does Ochopee Fire Rescue provide EMS services?

Yes, Ochopee Fire Rescue provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Ochopee Fire Rescue operate?

Ochopee Fire Rescue operates 2 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Ochopee Fire Rescue?

Ochopee Fire Rescue is a Career (Paid) department serving Collier County, FL. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

How many fire departments are in Florida?

Florida has 758 fire departments with 21,048 total personnel. 24% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.