Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Alamo Volunteer Fire Department

Alamo, GA · Wheeler County. Alamo Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 12 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.

12
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Alamo Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Georgia average.

5th pct.
national personnel size
-29%
vs. Georgia 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.

F
PlainFireData Composite Score
10/100
Alamo Volunteer 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 F
12 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
12 personnel · 1 station

Alamo Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Alamo, GA (Wheeler County), with 1 station and 12 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #21,264 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #21,264 of 22,440
  • GA personnel rank #290 of 328
  • 8.33 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 4 other listed departments in Wheeler County

Alamo Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

12 Top 95% higher than 5% 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 15302 · Alamo Volunteer Fire Department, GA 12 personnel · 1 station

PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MICRO 12
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #21,264
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Pelham
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Pelham Fire Department, MA (+ 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
VOLUNTEER
Location
Alamo, GA
FDID
15302

Staffing vs the Georgia average

How Alamo Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Georgia. In-state it ranks #290 of 328 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #21,264 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 29% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
128
GA departments
868

County roster geometry

Wheeler County HIFLD mix around Alamo Volunteer Fire Department

Wheeler County: 5 departments, 50 personnel (3 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 100% of departments. County / state rollup.

8.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 12 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Pelham Fire Department, MA (+0 personnel).

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

Nationwide volunteer peers near 12 personnel

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