Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Seminole County Fire Department

Altamonte Springs, FL · Seminole County. Seminole County Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 4 stations and 92 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.

92
Total personnel
4
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Seminole County Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Florida average.

Top 5%
national personnel size
+229%
vs. Florida average
4
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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
48/100
Seminole County Fire Department

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 C
23 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
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
92 personnel · 4 stations

Seminole County Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Altamonte Springs, FL (Seminole County), with 4 stations and 92 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,121 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #1,121 of 22,440
  • FL personnel rank #49 of 352
  • 4.35 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 8 other listed departments in Seminole County

Seminole County Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

92 Top 5% higher than 95% 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 17042 · Seminole County Fire Department, FL 92 personnel · 4 stations

PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MID 92
  • STA-FEW 4 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #1,121
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Novato Fire Prote…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Novato Fire Protection District, CA (+ 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
CAREER
Location
Altamonte Springs, FL
FDID
17042

Staffing vs the Florida average

How Seminole County Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Florida. In-state it ranks #49 of 352 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,121 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 229% above the state average
Stations
4
State fire deaths/yr
206
FL departments
758

County roster weight

Seminole County Fire Department carries 41.3% of Seminole County HIFLD personnel

Among 12 listed departments (223 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 0% of the county count. County / state rollup.

4.35 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 92 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Novato Fire Protection District, CA (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nationwide career peers near 92 personnel

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