Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderBirmingham Fire and Rescue Service
Birmingham, AL · Jefferson County. Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service is a Career (Paid) department, 31 stations and 709 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.
- 709
- Total personnel
- 31
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Alabama average.
- Top 1%
- national personnel size
- +4071%
- vs. Alabama average
- 31
- stations
- $6,304,129
- 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.
Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service is a Career (Paid) department serving Birmingham, AL (Jefferson County), with 31 stations and 709 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #36 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $6,304,129.
- National personnel rank #36 of 22,440
- AL personnel rank #1 of 733
- 4.37 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 56 other listed departments in Jefferson County
Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
709 Top 1% higher than 99%+ 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 00102 · Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service, AL 709 personnel · 31 stations
PERS-LARGE · STA-SYSTEM · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-HEAVY · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-LARGE 709
- STA-SYSTEM 31 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #36
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Sacramento Metrop…
- FEMA-HEAVY $6.3M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District, CA ( -5 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.
- High Portland Fire and…, OR 736
- Near Newark Fire Depar…, NJ 730
- Near Tulsa, OK 730
- Birmingham Fire a… (this dept) 709
- Low Sacramento Metrop…, CA 704
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Birmingham, AL
- County
- Jefferson County
- FDID
- 00102
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | EMW-2022-FG-00631 | $318,181.81 |
| 2021 | EMW-2021-FG-00175 | $217,236.36 |
| 2018 | EMW-2018-FO-04970 | $1,477,009 |
| 2017 | EMW2016FH00255 | $1,014,037.66 |
| 2017 | EMW2016FO04200 | $258,161 |
| 2014 | EMW2013FO00043 | $243,000 |
| 2013 | EMW2012FH00979 | $-528 |
| 2010 | EMW-2010-FO-0512 | $944,124 |
| 2009 | EMW-2009-FC-0510 | $1,832,907 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Alabama average
How Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service's personnel count compares to the typical department in Alabama. In-state it ranks #1 of 733 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #36 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 31
- State fire deaths/yr
- 84
- AL departments
- 1,302
County roster weight
Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service carries 29.4% of Jefferson County HIFLD personnel
Among 70 listed departments (2,415 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 39% of the county count. County / state rollup.
4.37 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (31 stations / 709 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District, CA (-5 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 709 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AL department.