Department profile

Career (Paid)

South Daytona Fire Department

Daytona Beach, FL · Volusia County. South Daytona Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations and 14 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

14
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

South Daytona Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Florida average.

7th pct.
national personnel size
-50%
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.

F
PlainFireData Composite Score
6/100
South Daytona 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 F
7 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
14 personnel · 2 stations

South Daytona Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Daytona Beach, FL (Volusia County), with 2 stations and 14 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #20,926 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #20,926 of 22,440
  • FL personnel rank #321 of 352
  • 14.29 stations per 100 personnel
  • 16 other listed departments in Volusia County

South Daytona Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

14 Top 93% higher than 7% 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 08112 · South Daytona Fire Department, FL 14 personnel · 2 stations

PERS-MICRO · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MICRO 14
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-LOWER #20,926
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Petersburg Volunt…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Petersburg Volunteer Fire Department / Petersburg Volunteer Fire Department Life Squad, KY (+ 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
Daytona Beach, FL
FDID
08112

Staffing vs the Florida average

How South Daytona Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Florida. In-state it ranks #321 of 352 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #20,926 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 50% below the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
206
FL departments
758

County roster fringe

South Daytona Fire Department is 2.7% of Volusia County roster mass

The county lists 22 departments totaling 513 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 59% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

14.29 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 14 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Petersburg Volunteer Fire Department / Petersburg Volunteer Fire Department Life Squad, KY (+0 personnel).

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

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Nationwide career peers near 14 personnel

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