Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderArab Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department
Arab, AL · Marshall County. Arab Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 24 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.
- 24
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Arab Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Alabama average.
- 37th pct.
- national personnel size
- +41%
- 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.
Arab Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Arab, AL (Marshall County), with 1 station and 24 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #14,211 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #14,211 of 22,440
- AL personnel rank #347 of 733
- 4.17 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 20 other listed departments in Marshall County
Arab Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
24 Top 63% higher than 37% 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 05003 · Arab Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department, AL 24 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 24
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #14,211
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Montpelier Harris…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Montpelier Harrison Township Fire Volunteer Fire Department, IN (+ 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.
- Arab Fire and Eme… (this dept) 24
- High New Baltimore, MI 24
- Near Montpelier Harris…, IN 24
- Near Athens, OH 24
- Near Goldman Fire Prot…, MO 24
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Arab, AL
- County
- Marshall County
- FDID
- 05003
Staffing vs the Alabama average
How Arab Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Alabama. In-state it ranks #347 of 733 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #14,211 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
Arab Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department is 5.9% of Marshall County roster mass
The county lists 25 departments totaling 409 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 40% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
4.17 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 24 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Montpelier Harrison Township Fire Volunteer Fire Department, IN (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 24 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AL department.