Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderRainbow Lakes Estates Fire Department
Dunnellon, FL · Marion County. Rainbow Lakes Estates Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 23 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.
- 23
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Rainbow Lakes Estates Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Florida average.
- 32nd pct.
- national personnel size
- -18%
- 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.
Rainbow Lakes Estates Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Dunnellon, FL (Marion County), with 2 stations and 23 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #15,276 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #15,276 of 22,440
- FL personnel rank #223 of 352
- 8.70 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 3 other listed departments in Marion County
Rainbow Lakes Estates Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
23 Top 68% higher than 32% 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 14061 · Rainbow Lakes Estates Fire Department, FL 23 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 23
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #15,276
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Capon Springs Vol…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Capon Springs Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company, WV (+ 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.
- Rainbow Lakes Est… (this dept) 23
- High Lexington, OK 23
- Near Capon Springs Vol…, WV 23
- Near Hillside Volunteer, NY 23
- Near Haynesville Volun…, LA 23
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Dunnellon, FL
- County
- Marion County
- FDID
- 14061
Staffing vs the Florida average
How Rainbow Lakes Estates Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Florida. In-state it ranks #223 of 352 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #15,276 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 206
- FL departments
- 758
County roster geometry
Marion County HIFLD mix around Rainbow Lakes Estates Fire Department
Marion County: 6 departments, 169 personnel (1 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 83% of departments. County / state rollup.
8.70 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 23 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Capon Springs Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company, WV (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 23 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every FL department.