Department profile

Volunteer

Brent Volunteer Fire Department

Brent, AL · Bibb County. Brent Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 20 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

20
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Brent Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Alabama average.

25th pct.
national personnel size
+18%
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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
38/100
Brent Volunteer Fire Department

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.

Staffing capacity D
20 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
20 personnel · 1 station

Brent Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Brent, AL (Bibb County), with 1 station and 20 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #16,754 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #16,754 of 22,440
  • AL personnel rank #460 of 733
  • 5.00 stations per 100 personnel
  • 9 other listed departments in Bibb County

Brent Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

20 Top 75% higher than 25% 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 00702 · Brent Volunteer Fire Department, AL 20 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 20
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-LOWER #16,754
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Archuleta County…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Archuleta County Office of Emergency Operations, CO (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Brent, AL
FDID
00702

Staffing vs the Alabama average

How Brent Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Alabama. In-state it ranks #460 of 733 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #16,754 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 18% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
84
AL departments
1,302

County roster geometry

Bibb County HIFLD mix around Brent Volunteer Fire Department

Bibb County: 12 departments, 165 personnel (7 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 25% of departments. County / state rollup.

5.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 20 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Archuleta County Office of Emergency Operations, CO (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 20 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AL department.