Department profile

Volunteer

Wellborn Volunteer Fire Department

Wellborn, FL · Suwannee County. Wellborn Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 29 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

29
Total personnel
3
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Wellborn Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the Florida average.

Top 50%
national personnel size
+4%
vs. Florida average
3
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
8/100
Wellborn Volunteer 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
9.7 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
29 personnel · 3 stations

Wellborn Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Wellborn, FL (Suwannee County), with 3 stations and 29 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #11,271 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #11,271 of 22,440
  • FL personnel rank #182 of 352
  • 10.34 stations per 100 personnel
  • 11 other listed departments in Suwannee County

Wellborn Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

29 Top 50% higher than 50% 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 31032 · Wellborn Volunteer Fire Department, FL 29 personnel · 3 stations

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

  • PERS-SMALL 29
  • STA-FEW 3 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-MID #11,271
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Elmwood Place
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Elmwood Place Fire Department, OH (+ 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
Wellborn, FL
FDID
31032

Staffing vs the Florida average

How Wellborn Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Florida. In-state it ranks #182 of 352 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #11,271 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 4% above the state average
Stations
3
State fire deaths/yr
206
FL departments
758

County roster weight

Wellborn Volunteer Fire Department carries 28.4% of Suwannee County HIFLD personnel

Among 13 listed departments (102 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 23% of the county count. County / state rollup.

10.34 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 29 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Elmwood Place Fire Department, OH (+0 personnel).

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

Nationwide volunteer peers near 29 personnel

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