Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderChelsea Fire and Rescue Department
Chelsea, AL · Shelby County. Chelsea Fire and Rescue Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 37 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.
- 37
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Chelsea Fire and Rescue Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount more than double the Alabama average.
- Top 31%
- national personnel size
- +118%
- 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.
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.
Chelsea Fire and Rescue Department is a Volunteer department serving Chelsea, AL (Shelby County), with 2 stations and 37 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,961 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #6,961 of 22,440
- AL personnel rank #113 of 733
- 5.41 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 30 other listed departments in Shelby County
Chelsea Fire and Rescue Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
37 Top 31% higher than 69% 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 05812 · Chelsea Fire and Rescue Department, AL 37 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 37
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #6,961
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Monroe City
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Monroe City Fire Department, MI (+ 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.
- Chelsea Fire and… (this dept) 37
- High City of Hapeville, GA 37
- Near Monroe City, MI 37
- Near Griffins Township…, NC 37
- Near Clarks Chapel Fir…, NC 37
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Chelsea, AL
- County
- Shelby County
- FDID
- 05812
Staffing vs the Alabama average
How Chelsea Fire and Rescue Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Alabama. In-state it ranks #113 of 733 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,961 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 84
- AL departments
- 1,302
County roster fringe
Chelsea Fire and Rescue Department is 6.3% 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.
5.41 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 37 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Monroe City Fire Department, MI (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 37 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AL department.