Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderPasco County Fire Rescue
Land O Lakes, FL · Pasco County. Pasco County Fire Rescue is a Career (Paid) department, 22 stations and 659 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.
- 659
- Total personnel
- 22
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Pasco County Fire Rescue pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Florida average.
- Top 1%
- national personnel size
- +2254%
- vs. Florida average
- 22
- 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.
Pasco County Fire Rescue is a Career (Paid) department serving Land O Lakes, FL (Pasco County), with 22 stations and 659 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #39 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #39 of 22,440
- FL personnel rank #3 of 352
- 3.34 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 5 other listed departments in Pasco County
Pasco County Fire Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
659 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 28042 · Pasco County Fire Rescue, FL 659 personnel · 22 stations
PERS-LARGE · STA-SYSTEM · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-LARGE 659
- STA-SYSTEM 22 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #39
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Omaha Fire and Re…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Omaha Fire and Rescue, NE ( -4 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.
- Pasco County Fire… (this dept) 659
- Near Omaha Fire and Re…, NE 655
- Near City of las Vegas…, NV 648
- Near Hanover County Fi…, VA 631
- Low Kern County, CA 625
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Land O Lakes, FL
- County
- Pasco County
- FDID
- 28042
Staffing vs the Florida average
How Pasco County Fire Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in Florida. In-state it ranks #3 of 352 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #39 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 22
- State fire deaths/yr
- 206
- FL departments
- 758
County roster weight
Pasco County Fire Rescue carries 86.3% of Pasco County HIFLD personnel
Among 7 listed departments (764 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 29% of the county count. County / state rollup.
3.34 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (22 stations / 659 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Omaha Fire and Rescue, NE (-4 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 659 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every FL department.