Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderBirmingport Fire District
Bessemer, AL · Jefferson County. Birmingport Fire District is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 29 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.
- 29
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Birmingport Fire District pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Alabama average.
- Top 49%
- national personnel size
- +71%
- 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.
Birmingport Fire District is a Volunteer department serving Bessemer, AL (Jefferson County), with 2 stations and 29 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #10,935 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #10,935 of 22,440
- AL personnel rank #219 of 733
- 6.90 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 56 other listed departments in Jefferson County
Birmingport Fire District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
29 Top 49% higher than 51% 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 00120 · Birmingport Fire District, AL 29 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 29
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #10,935
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Haw River
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Haw River Fire Department, NC (+ 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.
- Birmingport Fire… (this dept) 29
- High Burns, OR 29
- Near Haw River, NC 29
- Near Hood River Fire a…, OR 29
- Near Knappa Svensen Ru…, OR 29
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Bessemer, AL
- County
- Jefferson County
- FDID
- 00120
Staffing vs the Alabama average
How Birmingport Fire District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Alabama. In-state it ranks #219 of 733 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #10,935 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 fringe
Birmingport Fire District is 1.2% of Jefferson County roster mass
The county lists 70 departments totaling 2,415 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 91% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
6.90 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 29 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Haw River Fire Department, NC (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 29 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AL department.