Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderCahaba Valley Fire Emergency Medical Rescue District
Birmingham, AL · Shelby County. Cahaba Valley Fire Emergency Medical Rescue District is a Career (Paid) department, 4 stations and 39 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.
- 39
- Total personnel
- 4
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Cahaba Valley Fire Emergency Medical Rescue District pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount more than double the Alabama average.
- Top 29%
- national personnel size
- +129%
- vs. Alabama average
- 4
- 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.
Cahaba Valley Fire Emergency Medical Rescue District is a Career (Paid) department serving Birmingham, AL (Shelby County), with 4 stations and 39 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,467 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #6,467 of 22,440
- AL personnel rank #97 of 733
- 10.26 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 30 other listed departments in Shelby County
Cahaba Valley Fire Emergency Medical Rescue District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
39 Top 29% higher than 71% 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 05811 · Cahaba Valley Fire Emergency Medical Rescue District, AL 39 personnel · 4 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 39
- STA-FEW 4 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #6,467
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Nevada Division o…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Nevada Division of Forestry - Northern Area Region Office / Ruby Valley Volunteer Fire Department, NV (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid 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.
- Cahaba Valley Fir… (this dept) 39
- High Womelsdorf Volunt…, PA 39
- Near Nevada Division o…, NV 39
- Near Nantahala Volunte…, NC 39
- Near Labelle Fire Prot…, MO 39
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Birmingham, AL
- County
- Shelby County
- FDID
- 05811
Staffing vs the Alabama average
How Cahaba Valley Fire Emergency Medical Rescue District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Alabama. In-state it ranks #97 of 733 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,467 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 4
- State fire deaths/yr
- 84
- AL departments
- 1,302
County roster fringe
Cahaba Valley Fire Emergency Medical Rescue District is 6.6% of Shelby County roster mass
The county lists 40 departments totaling 591 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 95% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
10.26 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 39 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Nevada Division of Forestry - Northern Area Region Office / Ruby Valley Volunteer Fire Department, NV (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 39 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AL department.