St. Petersburg Fire Rescue

What St. Petersburg Fire Rescue does

St. Petersburg Fire Rescue is a municipal government fire department serving the City of St. Petersburg, Florida. Founded in 1917, the department delivers emergency fire response, rescue operations, fire prevention education, and community safety programs to all residents, businesses, and visitors within the St. Petersburg municipal area. The organization employs between 101 and 250 personnel and operates from fire stations distributed across the city, accessible via 911 emergency dispatch.

The department's underlying service infrastructure consists of physical fire stations, staffed firefighters, and standard emergency response apparatus — no proprietary technology products, software platforms, or commercial offerings were disclosed. Core public-facing channels include the official website (fire.stpete.org), which provides staff directories, public education resources, station locations, and the annual Impact Report; community outreach is conducted through in-person public education programs rather than digital distribution channels.

St. Petersburg Fire Rescue operates as a non-commercial public safety entity under the jurisdiction of the City of St. Petersburg. It does not generate commercial revenue; funding flows from municipal public tax revenue, and residents are not charged for emergency services. The department is not privately owned, has no parent company, and has no identified subsidiaries. No commercial partnerships, M&A activity, funding rounds, or product launches outside of the ongoing 2024 Impact Report (authored by Ashlie Handy, dated March 25, 2025) were disclosed.

Name

St. Petersburg Fire Rescue

Legal name

City of St. Petersburg Fire Rescue

Website

https://fire.stpete.org

Company type

Public

Founded year

1917

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

St. Petersburg Fire Rescue is a municipal fire department serving St. Petersburg, Florida. Founded in 1917, it provides emergency fire response, rescue operations, and public safety education to community residents and visitors, funded by city tax revenue.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Fire and Rescue Services

NAICS

Fire Protection (922160), Fire Protection (92216)

akta.pro primary industry

Fire & Rescue Services (Fire Suppression, Rescue) (BPAIAGAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Fire Prevention, Inspection & Code Enforcement (Life Safety) (BPAIAGAL)

Keywords

• Emergency fire response
• Rescue operations
• Public safety education
• Municipal fire services
• Community risk reduction

Headquarters

HQ city

St. Petersburg

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

St. Petersburg Fire Rescue is a municipal fire department that provides emergency fire response, rescue operations, and public safety education to the residents, businesses, and visitors of St. Petersburg, Florida. The department operates fire stations throughout the city, employs career firefighters, and delivers community-based fire prevention and safety education programs.

Product overview

St. Petersburg Fire Rescue is a municipal fire department that provides emergency response services, public safety education programs, and community involvement initiatives to the St. Petersburg community. The organization operates fire stations and employs firefighters to serve and protect lives and property. This is a government emergency services organization rather than a technology product company.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Emergency Fire and Rescue Response Municipal emergency fire suppression, rescue, and emergency response services delivered through fire stations and 911 dispatch to residents, businesses, and visitors within St. Petersburg city limits.
• Public Education and Community Safety Programs Fire safety and prevention education programs delivered to community members and organizations in St. Petersburg.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Direct peers

• Orlando Fire Department: Municipal fire department serving the City of Orlando, Florida. Same municipal structure, tax funding, and service portfolio (suppression, rescue, prevention education) for a comparable mid-sized Florida city.
• Clearwater Fire & Rescue Department: Municipal fire department serving the neighboring City of Clearwater in Pinellas County. Operates with the same municipal mandate, tax-based funding, and service mix (suppression, rescue, prevention), making it a directly comparable peer in the same metro.
• Tampa Fire Rescue: Municipal fire and rescue department serving the adjacent City of Tampa, Florida. Same service model (suppression, EMS, prevention), same funding structure (tax-funded municipal department), and overlapping Tampa Bay operational environment, making it the most directly comparable peer.

Broad incumbents

• Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD): Municipal fire department serving the City of Los Angeles. Same municipal-government operating model and service portfolio; included as a broad-incumbent reference point for large-city fire department operations.
• Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department: Large municipal fire and rescue department serving the City of Jacksonville, Florida. Same municipal mandate and service mix but operates at significantly greater scale, making it a broad-incumbent peer within Florida.
• Fire Department of New York (FDNY): Municipal fire department serving New York City. Same core mission (suppression, rescue, prevention) but at vastly larger scale and budget. A benchmark broad incumbent for service model, training, and response standards even though not geographically adjacent.
• Miami-Dade Fire Rescue: Large county-level fire and rescue department serving Miami-Dade County. Provides the same core municipal services (suppression, EMS, rescue, prevention) but at a much larger scale and broader geographic scope, functioning as a broad incumbent in the Florida municipal fire space.

Others

• National Fire Protection Association (NFPA): Standards-setting and training body that defines codes, certifications, and best practices used by municipal fire departments including St. Petersburg Fire Rescue. Adjacent/ecosystem peer that shapes the regulatory and training framework the department operates under.

Regional players

• Pinellas County Emergency Management: County-level emergency management agency overseeing the broader Pinellas County region that includes St. Petersburg. Coordinates emergency preparedness and response at the county tier, partially overlapping with the department's rescue and emergency response role.
• Tampa Bay Regional Operations Center: Regional coordination body for emergency services in the Tampa Bay area. Adjacent to St. Petersburg Fire Rescue's service area and involved in cross-jurisdictional emergency response coordination that affects the department's operating context.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/StPeteFR
• Facebookfacebook.com/SPFR1907
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/stpetefirerescue

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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