Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderCentral Alexander Fire Department Incorporated
Taylorsville, NC · Alexander County. Central Alexander Fire Department Incorporated is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 84 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.
- 84
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Central Alexander Fire Department Incorporated pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the North Carolina average.
- Top 6%
- national personnel size
- +223%
- vs. North Carolina 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.
Central Alexander Fire Department Incorporated is a Volunteer department serving Taylorsville, NC (Alexander County), with 1 station and 84 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,329 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #1,329 of 22,440
- NC personnel rank #30 of 932
- 1.19 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 7 other listed departments in Alexander County
Central Alexander Fire Department Incorporated vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
84 Top 6% higher than 94% 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 00206 · Central Alexander Fire Department Incorporated, NC 84 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 84
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #1,329
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Keizer Fire Distr…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Keizer Fire District, OR (+ 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 NC department.
- Central Alexander… (this dept) 84
- High Lufkin, TX 84
- Near Keizer Fire Distr…, OR 84
- Near Boardman Rural Fi…, OR 84
- Near Graham County Rur…, KS 84
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Taylorsville, NC
- County
- Alexander County
- FDID
- 00206
Staffing vs the North Carolina average
How Central Alexander Fire Department Incorporated's personnel count compares to the typical department in North Carolina. In-state it ranks #30 of 932 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,329 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 131
- NC departments
- 1,534
County roster weight
Central Alexander Fire Department Incorporated carries 38.7% of Alexander County HIFLD personnel
Among 8 listed departments (217 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 63% of the county count. County / state rollup.
1.19 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 84 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Keizer Fire District, OR (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 84 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NC department.