Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderAlabama Port Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department
Coden, AL · Mobile County. Alabama Port Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 35 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.
- 35
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Alabama Port Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount more than double the Alabama average.
- Top 34%
- national personnel size
- +106%
- vs. Alabama average
- 1
- station
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.
Alabama Port Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department is a Volunteer department serving Coden, AL (Mobile County), with 1 station and 35 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #7,576 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #7,576 of 22,440
- AL personnel rank #125 of 733
- 2.86 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 26 other listed departments in Mobile County
Alabama Port Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
35 Top 34% higher than 66% 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 00210 · Alabama Port Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department, AL 35 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 35
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #7,576
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Keno Rural Fire P…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Keno Rural Fire Protection District, OR (+ 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 AL department.
- Alabama Port Volu… (this dept) 35
- High Wachapreague Volu…, VA 35
- Near Keno Rural Fire P…, OR 35
- Near Oakridge, OR 35
- Near Painter Volunteer, VA 35
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Coden, AL
- County
- Mobile County
- FDID
- 00210
Staffing vs the Alabama average
How Alabama Port Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Alabama. In-state it ranks #125 of 733 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,576 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 84
- AL departments
- 1,302
County roster fringe
Alabama Port Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department is 3.9% of Mobile County roster mass
The county lists 32 departments totaling 903 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 78% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
2.86 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 35 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Keno Rural Fire Protection District, OR (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 35 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AL department.