Department profile
VolunteerUpper Captiva Fire District
Captiva, FL · Lee County. Upper Captiva Fire District is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 16 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 16
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Upper Captiva Fire District pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Florida average.
- 11th pct.
- national personnel size
- -43%
- 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.
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.
Upper Captiva Fire District is a Volunteer department serving Captiva, FL (Lee County), with 1 station and 16 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #19,869 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #19,869 of 22,440
- FL personnel rank #300 of 352
- 6.25 stations per 100 personnel
- 22 other listed departments in Lee County
Upper Captiva Fire District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
16 Top 89% higher than 11% 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 18061 · Upper Captiva Fire District, FL 16 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 16
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #19,869
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Welch Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Welch Volunteer Fire Department, OK (+ 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.
- Upper Captiva Fir… (this dept) 16
- High Sandpoint, ID 16
- Near Welch Volunteer, OK 16
- Near Steptoe Valley Vo…, NV 16
- Near Sandhill Volunteer, SC 16
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Captiva, FL
- County
- Lee County
- FDID
- 18061
Staffing vs the Florida average
How Upper Captiva Fire District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Florida. In-state it ranks #300 of 352 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #19,869 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 206
- FL departments
- 758
County roster fringe
Upper Captiva Fire District is 1.7% of Lee County roster mass
The county lists 33 departments totaling 953 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 73% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
6.25 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 16 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Welch Volunteer Fire Department, OK (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 16 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every FL department.