Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Winter Garden Fire Department

Winter Garden, FL · Orange County. Winter Garden Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations and 32 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.

32
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

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

Top 42%
national personnel size
+14%
vs. Florida average
2
stations
$1,215,132
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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
51/100
Winter Garden 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 D
16 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment A
$37,973 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
32 personnel · 2 stations

Winter Garden Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Winter Garden, FL (Orange County), with 2 stations and 32 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #9,419 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $1,215,132.

  • National personnel rank #9,419 of 22,440
  • FL personnel rank #160 of 352
  • 6.25 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 8 other listed departments in Orange County

Winter Garden Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

32 Top 42% higher than 58% 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 07232 · Winter Garden Fire Department, FL 32 personnel · 2 stations

PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 32
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-MID #9,419
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Hertford
  • FEMA-MID $1.2M
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Hertford Fire Department, NC (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
CAREER
Location
Winter Garden, FL
FDID
07232

FEMA Grant History

$1.2M
Cumulative funding (FY2017)
1
Awards
Year Award Amount
2017 EMW-2017-FH-00530 $1,215,132.18

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the Florida average

How Winter Garden Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Florida. In-state it ranks #160 of 352 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #9,419 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 14% above the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
206
FL departments
758

County roster fringe

Winter Garden Fire Department is 8.1% of Orange County roster mass

The county lists 15 departments totaling 393 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 80% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

6.25 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 32 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Hertford Fire Department, NC (+0 personnel).

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Nationwide career peers near 32 personnel

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

Hertford Fire Department, NC 32 Pembroke Volunteer Fire Department, VA 32 Upper West Fork Volunteer Fire Department, WV 32 Versailles City Fire Department, MO 32 Mashantucket Tribal Fire Department, CT 32 Dublin Fire Department, GA 32 Mustang Fire Department, OK 32 Raytown Fire Protection District, MO 32

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Winter Garden Fire Department have?

Winter Garden Fire Department has 32 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 14% above the Florida average of 28 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #9,419 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within FL, it ranks #160 of 352 by personnel.

Does Winter Garden Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, Winter Garden Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Winter Garden Fire Department operate?

Winter Garden Fire Department operates 2 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Winter Garden Fire Department?

Winter Garden Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Orange County, FL. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

Has Winter Garden Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Winter Garden Fire Department has received 1 FEMA grant totaling $1,215,132.18 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2017 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2017.

How many fire departments are in Florida?

Florida has 758 fire departments with 21,048 total personnel. 24% are volunteer departments.

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