Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderCenter Star Fire District
Killen, AL · Lauderdale County. Center Star Fire District is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 35 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.
- 35
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Center Star Fire District pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount more than double the Alabama average.
- Top 34%
- national personnel size
- +106%
- 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 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.
Center Star Fire District is a Volunteer department serving Killen, AL (Lauderdale County), with 1 station and 35 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #7,661 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #7,661 of 22,440
- AL personnel rank #128 of 733
- 2.86 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 14 other listed departments in Lauderdale County
Center Star Fire District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
35 Top 34% higher than 66% 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 04104 · Center Star Fire District, AL 35 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 35
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #7,661
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Nine Mile Volunte…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Nine Mile Volunteer Fire Department, TN (+ 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.
- Center Star Fire… (this dept) 35
- High Economy Volunteer…, PA 35
- Near Nine Mile Volunte…, TN 35
- Near Pleasant Garden F…, NC 35
- Near West Thompson, CT 35
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Killen, AL
- County
- Lauderdale County
- FDID
- 04104
Staffing vs the Alabama average
How Center Star Fire District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Alabama. In-state it ranks #128 of 733 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,661 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 84
- AL departments
- 1,302
County roster fringe
Center Star Fire District is 6.4% of Lauderdale County roster mass
The county lists 19 departments totaling 543 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 84% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
2.86 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 35 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Nine Mile Volunteer Fire Department, TN (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 35 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AL department.