Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderAthens Fire and Rescue
Athens, AL · Limestone County. Athens Fire and Rescue is a Career (Paid) department, 3 stations and 37 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.
- 37
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Athens Fire and Rescue pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount more than double the Alabama average.
- Top 31%
- national personnel size
- +118%
- vs. Alabama average
- 3
- stations
- $316,209
- 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.
Athens Fire and Rescue is a Career (Paid) department serving Athens, AL (Limestone County), with 3 stations and 37 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,930 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $316,209.
- National personnel rank #6,930 of 22,440
- AL personnel rank #111 of 733
- 8.11 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 11 other listed departments in Limestone County
Athens Fire and Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
37 Top 31% higher than 69% 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 04401 · Athens Fire and Rescue, AL 37 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 37
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #6,930
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Lapeer City Fire…
- FEMA-LIGHT $316K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Lapeer City Fire and Rescue 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.
- Athens Fire and R… (this dept) 37
- High Kingsville Volunt…, OH 37
- Near Lapeer City Fire…, MI 37
- Near Dana Fire and Res…, NC 37
- Near Mountain Home Fir…, NC 37
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Athens, AL
- County
- Limestone County
- FDID
- 04401
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | EMW2016FH00406 | $316,209 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Alabama average
How Athens Fire and Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in Alabama. In-state it ranks #111 of 733 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,930 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 84
- AL departments
- 1,302
County staffing outlier
Career (Paid) island in a volunteer-heavy Limestone County
County mix is mostly volunteer (7 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.
8.11 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 37 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Lapeer City Fire and Rescue Department, MI (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 37 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AL department.