Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderPlantation Fire Department
Plantation, FL · Broward County. Plantation Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 6 stations and 275 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.
- 275
- Total personnel
- 6
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Plantation Fire Department pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Florida average.
- Top 1%
- national personnel size
- +882%
- vs. Florida average
- 6
- 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.
Plantation Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Plantation, FL (Broward County), with 6 stations and 275 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #139 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #139 of 22,440
- FL personnel rank #12 of 352
- 2.18 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 27 other listed departments in Broward County
Plantation Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
275 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 10031 · Plantation Fire Department, FL 275 personnel · 6 stations
PERS-LARGE · STA-MULTI · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-LARGE 275
- STA-MULTI 6 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #139
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ West Haven
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: West Haven Fire Department, CT (+ 1 personnel)
Volunteer 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.
- High Winslow Township…, NJ 277
- Near West Haven, CT 276
- Near Lawrence Douglas…, KS 276
- Near Anaheim, CA 276
- Plantation (this dept) 275
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Plantation, FL
- County
- Broward County
- FDID
- 10031
Staffing vs the Florida average
How Plantation Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Florida. In-state it ranks #12 of 352 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #139 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 6
- State fire deaths/yr
- 206
- FL departments
- 758
County staffing outlier
Volunteer island in a career-heavy Broward County
County mix is mostly career (2 volunteer / 16 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed volunteer. County / state rollup.
2.18 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (6 stations / 275 roster).
Photo-finish peer: West Haven Fire Department, CT (+1 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 275 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every FL department.