Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderPonce DE Leon Volunteer Fire and Rescue
Ponce De Leon, FL · Holmes County. Ponce DE Leon Volunteer Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 12 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.
- 12
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Ponce DE Leon Volunteer Fire and Rescue pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well below the Florida average.
- 4th pct.
- national personnel size
- -57%
- vs. Florida average
- 1
- station
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.
Ponce DE Leon Volunteer Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department serving Ponce De Leon, FL (Holmes County), with 1 station and 12 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #21,551 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #21,551 of 22,440
- FL personnel rank #334 of 352
- 8.33 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 6 other listed departments in Holmes County
Ponce DE Leon Volunteer Fire and Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
12 Top 96% higher than 4% 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 51061 · Ponce DE Leon Volunteer Fire and Rescue, FL 12 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MICRO 12
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #21,551
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Chitimacha Fire P…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Chitimacha Fire Protection, LA (+ 0 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.
- Ponce DE Leon Vol… (this dept) 12
- High Forest River Volu…, ND 12
- Near Chitimacha Fire P…, LA 12
- Near Jefferson City Fi…, MT 12
- Near Lankin City Volun…, ND 12
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Ponce De Leon, FL
- County
- Holmes County
- FDID
- 51061
Staffing vs the Florida average
How Ponce DE Leon Volunteer Fire and Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in Florida. In-state it ranks #334 of 352 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #21,551 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 206
- FL departments
- 758
County roster geometry
Holmes County HIFLD mix around Ponce DE Leon Volunteer Fire and Rescue
Holmes County: 7 departments, 61 personnel (4 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 57% of departments. County / state rollup.
8.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 12 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Chitimacha Fire Protection, LA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 12 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every FL department.