Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderAlexander City Fire Department
Alexander City, AL · Tallapoosa County. Alexander City Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations and 52 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.
- 52
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Alexander City Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Alabama average.
- Top 16%
- national personnel size
- +206%
- vs. Alabama average
- 2
- stations
- $571,250
- 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.
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.
Alexander City Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Alexander City, AL (Tallapoosa County), with 2 stations and 52 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,527 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $571,250.
- National personnel rank #3,527 of 22,440
- AL personnel rank #42 of 733
- 3.85 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 13 other listed departments in Tallapoosa County
Alexander City Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
52 Top 16% higher than 84% 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 06201 · Alexander City Fire Department, AL 52 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 52
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #3,527
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Independence
- FEMA-MID $571K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Independence Fire Department, MI (+ 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 AL department.
- Alexander City (this dept) 52
- High Clymer, NY 52
- Near Independence, MI 52
- Near Bridgeton City, NJ 52
- Near Moreau Fire Prote…, MO 52
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Alexander City, AL
- County
- Tallapoosa County
- FDID
- 06201
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | EMW-2017-FO-05415 | $272,000 |
| 2014 | EMW2013FV01933 | $299,250 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Alabama average
How Alexander City Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Alabama. In-state it ranks #42 of 733 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,527 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 84
- AL departments
- 1,302
County staffing outlier
Career (Paid) island in a volunteer-heavy Tallapoosa County
County mix is mostly volunteer (13 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.
3.85 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 52 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Independence Fire Department, MI (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 52 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AL department.