Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderSouth Walton Fire Department
Santa Rosa Beach, FL · Walton County. South Walton Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 5 stations and 91 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.
- 91
- Total personnel
- 5
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
South Walton Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Florida average.
- Top 5%
- national personnel size
- +225%
- vs. Florida average
- 5
- 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.
South Walton Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Santa Rosa Beach, FL (Walton County), with 5 stations and 91 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,139 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #1,139 of 22,440
- FL personnel rank #50 of 352
- 5.49 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 7 other listed departments in Walton County
South Walton Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
91 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 36011 · South Walton Fire Department, FL 91 personnel · 5 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 91
- STA-FEW 5 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #1,139
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Boonville Fire Co…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Boonville Fire Company Incorporated, NY (+ 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.
- South Walton (this dept) 91
- High San Rafael, CA 91
- Near Boonville Fire Co…, NY 91
- Near Putnam Valley Vol…, NY 91
- Near Fannett-Metal Fir…, PA 91
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Santa Rosa Beach, FL
- County
- Walton County
- FDID
- 36011
Staffing vs the Florida average
How South Walton Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Florida. In-state it ranks #50 of 352 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,139 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 5
- State fire deaths/yr
- 206
- FL departments
- 758
County roster weight
South Walton Fire Department carries 40.8% of Walton County HIFLD personnel
Among 9 listed departments (223 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 44% of the county count. County / state rollup.
5.49 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (5 stations / 91 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Boonville Fire Company Incorporated, NY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 91 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every FL department.