Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderWest Palm Beach Fire Rescue
West Palm Beach, FL · Palm Beach County. West Palm Beach Fire Rescue is a Career (Paid) department, 7 stations and 193 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.
- 193
- Total personnel
- 7
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
West Palm Beach Fire Rescue pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Florida average.
- Top 1%
- national personnel size
- +589%
- vs. Florida average
- 7
- stations
- $23,165,694
- FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record
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.
West Palm Beach Fire Rescue is a Career (Paid) department serving West Palm Beach, FL (Palm Beach County), with 7 stations and 193 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #247 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $23,165,694.
- National personnel rank #247 of 22,440
- FL personnel rank #19 of 352
- 3.63 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 15 other listed departments in Palm Beach County
West Palm Beach Fire Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
193 Top 1% higher than 99% 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 06272 · West Palm Beach Fire Rescue, FL 193 personnel · 7 stations
PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-HEAVY · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 193
- STA-MULTI 7 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #247
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bel Air Volunteer…
- FEMA-HEAVY $23.2M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Bel Air Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated - Bel Air Station, MD (+ 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.
- High Nokesville Volunt…, VA 194
- Near Troy, MI 194
- West Palm Beach F… (this dept) 193
- Near Bel Air Volunteer…, MD 193
- Near Lake Mohegan Fire…, NY 193
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- West Palm Beach, FL
- County
- Palm Beach County
- FDID
- 06272
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | EMW-2024-FF-00762 | $3,272,005.46 |
| 2022 | EMW-2022-FG-05332 | $398,876.36 |
| 2021 | EMW-2021-FF-01205 | $4,960,539.9 |
| 2021 | EMW-2021-FG-02222 | $754,527.27 |
| 2019 | EMW-2019-FF-00182 | $7,546,093.64 |
| 2018 | EMW-2018-FO-05401 | $767,761.44 |
| 2017 | EMW-2017-FO-06127 | $255,193 |
| 2016 | EMW2015FO05112 | $182,104 |
| 2015 | EMW2014FH00649 | $2,293,050 |
| 2015 | EMW2014FO01494 | $1,280,370 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Florida average
How West Palm Beach Fire Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in Florida. In-state it ranks #19 of 352 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #247 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 7
- State fire deaths/yr
- 206
- FL departments
- 758
County roster fringe
West Palm Beach Fire Rescue is 8.0% of Palm Beach County roster mass
The county lists 25 departments totaling 2,408 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 96% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
3.63 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (7 stations / 193 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Bel Air Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated - Bel Air Station, MD (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 193 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every FL department.