Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Adel Fire Department

Adel, GA · Cook County. Adel Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 33 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.

33
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Adel Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Georgia average.

Top 38%
national personnel size
+94%
vs. Georgia average
2
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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
27/100
Adel 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
16.5 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
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
33 personnel · 2 stations

Adel Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Adel, GA (Cook County), with 2 stations and 33 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8,561 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #8,561 of 22,440
  • GA personnel rank #110 of 328
  • 6.06 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 6 other listed departments in Cook County

Adel Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

33 Top 38% higher than 62% 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 03706 · Adel Fire Department, GA 33 personnel · 2 stations

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

  • PERS-SMALL 33
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #8,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Mount Pleasant
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Mount Pleasant Fire Department, MI (+ 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 GA department.

Department Profile

Type
MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
Location
Adel, GA
FDID
03706

Staffing vs the Georgia average

How Adel Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Georgia. In-state it ranks #110 of 328 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8,561 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 94% above the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
128
GA departments
868

County roster weight

Adel Fire Department carries 45.2% of Cook County HIFLD personnel

Among 8 listed departments (73 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 38% of the county count. County / state rollup.

6.06 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 33 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Mount Pleasant Fire Department, MI (+0 personnel).

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

Nationwide volunteer peers near 33 personnel

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