Department profile
OtherEMS ProviderAnniston Fire Department
Anniston, AL · Calhoun County. Anniston Fire Department is a fire department, 6 stations and 99 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.
- 99
- Total personnel
- 6
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Anniston Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Alabama average.
- Top 4%
- national personnel size
- +482%
- vs. Alabama average
- 6
- 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.
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.
Anniston Fire Department is a fire department serving Anniston, AL (Calhoun County), with 6 stations and 99 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #966 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #966 of 22,440
- AL personnel rank #11 of 733
- 6.06 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 16 other listed departments in Calhoun County
Anniston Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
99 Top 4% higher than 96% 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 01101 · Anniston Fire Department, AL 99 personnel · 6 stations
PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 99
- STA-MULTI 6 stations
- TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #966
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Watertown
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Watertown Fire Department, CT (+ 0 personnel)
Instrument codes from this department’s HIFLD personnel and station counts, staffing type, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer department, FEMA AFG/SAFER book, and field completeness, not a readiness rating.
Personnel neighbourhood
Nationwide HIFLD headcount poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every AL department.
- Anniston (this dept) 99
- High Violetville Volun…, MD 99
- Near Watertown, CT 99
- Near Fort Bliss Fire a…, TX 99
- Near Glenview, IL 99
Department Profile
- Type
- Location
- Anniston, AL
- County
- Calhoun County
- FDID
- 01101
Staffing vs the Alabama average
How Anniston Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Alabama. In-state it ranks #11 of 733 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #966 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 6
- State fire deaths/yr
- 84
- AL departments
- 1,302
County roster weight
Anniston Fire Department carries 33.3% of Calhoun County HIFLD personnel
Among 20 listed departments (297 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 30% of the county count. County / state rollup.
6.06 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (6 stations / 99 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Watertown Fire Department, CT (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide departments near 99 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AL department.