Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Pinellas Suncoast Fire and Rescue

Indian Rocks Beach, FL · Pinellas County. Pinellas Suncoast Fire and Rescue is a Career (Paid) department, 3 stations and 85 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.

85
Total personnel
3
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Pinellas Suncoast Fire and Rescue pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Florida average.

Top 6%
national personnel size
+204%
vs. Florida average
3
stations
$1,344,163
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.

B
PlainFireData Composite Score
60/100
Pinellas Suncoast Fire and 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 B
28.3 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 C
$15,814 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
85 personnel · 3 stations

Pinellas Suncoast Fire and Rescue is a Career (Paid) department serving Indian Rocks Beach, FL (Pinellas County), with 3 stations and 85 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,318 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $1,344,163.

  • National personnel rank #1,318 of 22,440
  • FL personnel rank #54 of 352
  • 3.53 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 23 other listed departments in Pinellas County

Pinellas Suncoast Fire and Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution

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

85 Top 6% higher than 94% 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 04011 · Pinellas Suncoast Fire and Rescue, FL 85 personnel · 3 stations

PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MID 85
  • STA-FEW 3 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #1,318
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Mount Holly Fire…
  • FEMA-MID $1.3M
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Mount Holly Fire and Rescue, NC (+ 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
Indian Rocks Beach, FL
FDID
04011

FEMA Grant History

$1.3M
Cumulative funding (FY2022)
2
Awards
Year Award Amount
2022 EMW-2022-FF-00982 $1,144,010.6
2022 EMW-2022-FG-04438 $200,152.75

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the Florida average

How Pinellas Suncoast Fire and Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in Florida. In-state it ranks #54 of 352 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,318 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 204% above the state average
Stations
3
State fire deaths/yr
206
FL departments
758

County roster fringe

Pinellas Suncoast Fire and Rescue is 6.9% of Pinellas County roster mass

The county lists 31 departments totaling 1,231 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 84% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

3.53 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 85 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Mount Holly Fire and Rescue, NC (+0 personnel).

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Nationwide career peers near 85 personnel

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

Mount Holly Fire and Rescue, NC 85 Millbrook Fire Department, AL 85 North Augusta Department of Public Safety, SC 85 Elmwood Park Fire Department, NJ 85 Johnston Fire Department, RI 85 Berwyn Fire Department, IL 85 Baltimore-Washington International Fire and Rescue, MD 85 Provo Fire and Rescue, UT 85

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Pinellas Suncoast Fire and Rescue have?

Pinellas Suncoast Fire and Rescue has 85 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 204% above the Florida average of 28 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #1,318 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within FL, it ranks #54 of 352 by personnel.

Does Pinellas Suncoast Fire and Rescue provide EMS services?

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

How many fire stations does Pinellas Suncoast Fire and Rescue operate?

Pinellas Suncoast Fire and Rescue operates 3 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Pinellas Suncoast Fire and Rescue?

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

Has Pinellas Suncoast Fire and Rescue received federal grants?

Yes, Pinellas Suncoast Fire and Rescue has received 2 FEMA grants totaling $1,344,163.35 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2022 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2022.

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.