Department profile
Career (Paid)Palatka Fire Department - Key Larkin Station
Palatka, FL · Putnam County. Palatka Fire Department - Key Larkin Station is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations and 24 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 24
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Palatka Fire Department - Key Larkin Station pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Florida average.
- 35th pct.
- national personnel size
- -14%
- 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.
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.
Palatka Fire Department - Key Larkin Station is a Career (Paid) department serving Palatka, FL (Putnam County), with 2 stations and 24 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #14,669 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #14,669 of 22,440
- FL personnel rank #218 of 352
- 8.33 stations per 100 personnel
- 17 other listed departments in Putnam County
Palatka Fire Department - Key Larkin Station vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
24 Top 65% higher than 35% 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 22012 · Palatka Fire Department - Key Larkin Station, FL 24 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 24
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #14,669
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Glen Haven Volunt…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Glen Haven Volunteer Fire Department, WI (+ 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.
- Palatka Fire Depa… (this dept) 24
- High Clear Lake Volunt…, SD 24
- Near Glen Haven Volunt…, WI 24
- Near Monticello, AR 24
- Near Scioto Township, OH 24
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Palatka, FL
- County
- Putnam County
- FDID
- 22012
Staffing vs the Florida average
How Palatka Fire Department - Key Larkin Station's personnel count compares to the typical department in Florida. In-state it ranks #218 of 352 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #14,669 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 206
- FL departments
- 758
County roster fringe
Palatka Fire Department - Key Larkin Station is 7.3% of Putnam County roster mass
The county lists 21 departments totaling 327 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 24% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
8.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 24 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Glen Haven Volunteer Fire Department, WI (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 24 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every FL department.