Department profile
VolunteerAllentown Volunteer Fire Department
Allentown, GA · Wilkinson County. Allentown Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 12 total personnel. 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
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Allentown 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
- $2,557,631
- 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.
Allentown Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Allentown, GA (Wilkinson 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 #21,268 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $2,557,631.
- National personnel rank #21,268 of 22,440
- GA personnel rank #291 of 328
- 8.33 stations per 100 personnel
- 6 other listed departments in Wilkinson County
Allentown 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 15806 · Allentown Volunteer Fire Department, GA 12 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MICRO 12
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #21,268
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Drs Technologies…
- FEMA-MID $2.6M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Drs Technologies Incorporated Fire Squad, NY (+ 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.
- Allentown Volunte… (this dept) 12
- High Ferriday, LA 12
- Near Drs Technologies…, NY 12
- Near Pelham, MA 12
- Near LA Huerta, NM 12
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Allentown, GA
- County
- Wilkinson County
- FDID
- 15806
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | EMW-2023-FF-00689 | $300,000 |
| 2019 | EMW-2019-FF-00818 | $435,466.83 |
| 2019 | EMW-2019-FF-00430 | $255,528 |
| 2018 | EMW-2018-FH-00024 | $255,948.81 |
| 2017 | EMW2016FV00158 | $218,096 |
| 2016 | EMW2015FH00014 | $218,400 |
| 2015 | EMW2014FV90043 | $559,091 |
| 2015 | EMW2014FV00334 | $227,620 |
| 2014 | EMW2013FF00067 | $71,280 |
| 2013 | EMW2012FF00119 | $16,200 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Georgia average
How Allentown Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Georgia. In-state it ranks #291 of 328 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #21,268 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 128
- GA departments
- 868
County roster weight
Allentown Volunteer Fire Department carries 30.0% of Wilkinson County HIFLD personnel
Among 7 listed departments (40 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 29% of the county count. County / state rollup.
8.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 12 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Drs Technologies Incorporated Fire Squad, NY (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 12 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every GA department.