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Cahaba Valley Fire

Birmingham, AL · Shelby County. Cahaba Valley Fire is a fire department. 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.

Not reported
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service
F
PlainFireData Composite Score
0/100
Cahaba Valley Fire

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
No station count on file for this department
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
Other department profile

Cahaba Valley Fire is a fire department serving Birmingham, AL (Shelby County). According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $1,018,676.

  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 30 other listed departments in Shelby County

Dispatch plate

Sheet AL-CAHABA-VALLEY-FIRE-AL · Cahaba Valley Fire, AL personnel n/a

PERS-UNK · STA-UNK · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-Y · RANK-UNK · GAP-UNK · FEMA-MID · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-UNK Staff pending
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UNK Rank pending
  • GAP-UNK Gap pending
  • FEMA-MID $1.0M
  • BOOK-PART 2/5 fields

Instrument codes from this department’s HIFLD personnel and station counts, staffing type, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer department, FEMA AFG/SAFER book, and field completeness, not a readiness rating.

Department Profile

Type
Location
Birmingham, AL

FEMA Grant History

$1.0M
Cumulative funding (FY2011–2021)
4
Awards
Year Award Amount
2021 EMW-2021-FG-00139 $370,828.18
2017 EMW-2017-FH-00270 $276,651.1
2015 EMW2014FO04060 $172,927
2011 EMW2010FO02613 $198,270

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

County roster geometry

Shelby County HIFLD mix around Cahaba Valley Fire

Shelby County: 40 departments, 591 personnel (14 volunteer / 4 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 95% of departments. County / state rollup.

Nearby Departments

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Calera Fire and Rescue
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Chelsea Fire and Rescue Department
Chelsea · volunteer
Chelsea Fire Department
Sterrett · other
Dry Valley Fire Department
Montevallo · volunteer
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Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Cahaba Valley Fire have?

Personnel data for Cahaba Valley Fire is not available in the HIFLD database.

Does Cahaba Valley Fire provide EMS services?

Yes, Cahaba Valley Fire provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Cahaba Valley Fire operate?

Station count data for Cahaba Valley Fire is not available in the HIFLD database.

What type of fire department is Cahaba Valley Fire?

Cahaba Valley Fire is a fire department serving Shelby County, AL.

Has Cahaba Valley Fire received federal grants?

Yes, Cahaba Valley Fire has received 4 FEMA grants totaling $1,018,676.28 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2011–2021 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2021.

How many fire departments are in Alabama?

Alabama has 1,302 fire departments with 22,091 total personnel. 51% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Verify with USFA/FEMA →

HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.