Department profile
VolunteerAroney Fire Department
Boaz, AL · Dekalb County. Aroney Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 35 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 35
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Aroney Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount more than double the Alabama average.
- Top 34%
- national personnel size
- +106%
- vs. Alabama average
- 2
- 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.
Aroney Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Boaz, AL (Dekalb County), with 2 stations and 35 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #7,585 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #7,585 of 22,440
- AL personnel rank #126 of 733
- 5.71 stations per 100 personnel
- 26 other listed departments in Dekalb County
Aroney Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
35 Top 34% higher than 66% 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 02826 · Aroney Fire Department, AL 35 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 35
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #7,585
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Laurel Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Laurel Volunteer Fire Department, MT (+ 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 AL department.
- Aroney (this dept) 35
- High Grays Creek, NC 35
- Near Laurel Volunteer, MT 35
- Near Jeromesville Volu…, OH 35
- Near Blue Ridge Fire D…, AZ 35
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Boaz, AL
- County
- Dekalb County
- FDID
- 02826
Staffing vs the Alabama average
How Aroney Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Alabama. In-state it ranks #126 of 733 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,585 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 84
- AL departments
- 1,302
County roster geometry
Dekalb County HIFLD mix around Aroney Fire Department
Dekalb County: 29 departments, 278 personnel (11 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 34% of departments. County / state rollup.
5.71 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 35 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Laurel Volunteer Fire Department, MT (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 35 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AL department.