Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Bridgeport Volunteer Fire Department

Bridgeport, AL · Jackson County. Bridgeport Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 50 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.

50
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Bridgeport Volunteer Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Alabama average.

Top 17%
national personnel size
+194%
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.

A
PlainFireData Composite Score
91/100
Bridgeport 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 A
50 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
50 personnel · 1 station

Bridgeport Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Bridgeport, AL (Jackson County), with 1 station and 50 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,810 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #3,810 of 22,440
  • AL personnel rank #48 of 733
  • 2.00 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 25 other listed departments in Jackson County

Bridgeport Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

50 Top 17% higher than 83% 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 03902 · Bridgeport Volunteer Fire Department, AL 50 personnel · 1 station

PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MID 50
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #3,810
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Chenango Bridge F…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Chenango Bridge Fire Company Incorporated, NY (+ 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
Bridgeport, AL
FDID
03902

Staffing vs the Alabama average

How Bridgeport Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Alabama. In-state it ranks #48 of 733 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,810 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 194% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
84
AL departments
1,302

County roster geometry

Jackson County HIFLD mix around Bridgeport Volunteer Fire Department

Jackson County: 28 departments, 428 personnel (18 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 68% of departments. County / state rollup.

2.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 50 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Chenango Bridge Fire Company Incorporated, NY (+0 personnel).

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

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 50 personnel

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