Department profile

Volunteer

South Gulf County Fire Department

Port Saint Joe, FL · Gulf County. South Gulf County Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 26 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

26
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

South Gulf County Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Florida average.

43rd pct.
national personnel size
-7%
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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
57/100
South Gulf 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
26 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
26 personnel · 1 station

South Gulf County Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Port Saint Joe, FL (Gulf County), with 1 station and 26 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #12,881 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #12,881 of 22,440
  • FL personnel rank #203 of 352
  • 3.85 stations per 100 personnel
  • 9 other listed departments in Gulf County

South Gulf County Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

26 Top 57% higher than 43% 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 66001 · South Gulf County Fire Department, FL 26 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 26
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-MID #12,881
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Wiggins
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Wiggins Fire Department, MS (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Port Saint Joe, FL
FDID
66001

Staffing vs the Florida average

How South Gulf County Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Florida. In-state it ranks #203 of 352 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #12,881 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 7% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
206
FL departments
758

County roster weight

South Gulf County Fire Department carries 31.0% of Gulf County HIFLD personnel

Among 10 listed departments (84 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 40% of the county count. County / state rollup.

3.85 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 26 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Wiggins Fire Department, MS (+0 personnel).

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

Nearby Departments

Dalkeith Fire Department
Wewahitchka · volunteer
Gulf County Beaches Fire Department
Port Saint Joe · volunteer
Highland View Fire Department
Port Saint Joe · other
Howard Creek Fire Department
Wewahitchka · other
Overstreet Fire Department
Port Saint Joe · other
Saint Joe Fire Department
Port Saint Joe · volunteer
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Nationwide volunteer peers near 26 personnel

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