Department profile

Volunteer

Buyck Volunteer Fire Department

Titus, AL · Elmore County. Buyck Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 30 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

30
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Buyck Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Alabama average.

Top 44%
national personnel size
+76%
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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
21/100
Buyck 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
15 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
30 personnel · 2 stations

Buyck Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Titus, AL (Elmore County), with 2 stations and 30 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #9,940 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #9,940 of 22,440
  • AL personnel rank #188 of 733
  • 6.67 stations per 100 personnel
  • 20 other listed departments in Elmore County

Buyck Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

30 Top 44% higher than 56% 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 02904 · Buyck Volunteer Fire Department, AL 30 personnel · 2 stations

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

  • PERS-SMALL 30
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-MID #9,940
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Lansing Fire Stat…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Lansing Fire Station, IA (+ 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
Titus, AL
FDID
02904

Staffing vs the Alabama average

How Buyck Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Alabama. In-state it ranks #188 of 733 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #9,940 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 76% above the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
84
AL departments
1,302

County roster fringe

Buyck Volunteer Fire Department is 6.7% of Elmore County roster mass

The county lists 28 departments totaling 450 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 43% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

6.67 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 30 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Lansing Fire Station, IA (+0 personnel).

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

Nationwide volunteer peers near 30 personnel

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