Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

City of Albemarle Fire Department

Albemarle, NC · Stanly County. City of Albemarle Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 3 stations and 45 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.

45
Total personnel
3
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

City of Albemarle Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the North Carolina average.

Top 21%
national personnel size
+73%
vs. North Carolina average
3
stations
$2,370,913
FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record

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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
53/100
City of Albemarle Fire Department

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 D
15 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment A
$52,687 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
45 personnel · 3 stations

City of Albemarle Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Albemarle, NC (Stanly County), with 3 stations and 45 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,763 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $2,370,913.

  • National personnel rank #4,763 of 22,440
  • NC personnel rank #208 of 932
  • 6.67 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 15 other listed departments in Stanly County

City of Albemarle Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

45 Top 21% higher than 79% 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 08401 · City of Albemarle Fire Department, NC 45 personnel · 3 stations

PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 45
  • STA-FEW 3 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #4,763
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Pleasant Hope Fir…
  • FEMA-MID $2.4M
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Pleasant Hope Fire and Rescue Association, MO (+ 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 NC department.

Department Profile

Type
MOSTLY CAREER
Location
Albemarle, NC
FDID
08401

FEMA Grant History

$2.4M
Cumulative funding (FY2012–2023)
3
Awards
Year Award Amount
2023 EMW-2023-FF-01845 $1,834,236.9
2018 EMW-2018-FO-02307 $291,429
2012 EMW2011FH00386 $245,247

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

Staffing vs the North Carolina average

How City of Albemarle Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in North Carolina. In-state it ranks #208 of 932 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,763 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 73% above the state average
Stations
3
State fire deaths/yr
131
NC departments
1,534

County staffing outlier

Career (Paid) island in a volunteer-heavy Stanly County

County mix is mostly volunteer (8 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.

6.67 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 45 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Pleasant Hope Fire and Rescue Association, MO (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Badin Fire Department
Badin · volunteer
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Nationwide career peers near 45 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every NC department.

Pleasant Hope Fire and Rescue Association, MO 45 Morristown Fire Department, VT 45 Tolleson Fire Department, AZ 45 New Smyrna Beach Fire Department, FL 45 Daytona Beach Shores Department of Public Safety - Fire Station, FL 45 Midland Fire Department, MI 45 Logan Fire Department, UT 45 Payson Fire Department, AZ 45

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does City of Albemarle Fire Department have?

City of Albemarle Fire Department has 45 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 73% above the North Carolina average of 26 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #4,763 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within NC, it ranks #208 of 932 by personnel.

Does City of Albemarle Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, City of Albemarle Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does City of Albemarle Fire Department operate?

City of Albemarle Fire Department operates 3 fire stations.

What type of fire department is City of Albemarle Fire Department?

City of Albemarle Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Stanly County, NC. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

Has City of Albemarle Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, City of Albemarle Fire Department has received 3 FEMA grants totaling $2,370,912.9 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2012–2023 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2023.

How many fire departments are in North Carolina?

North Carolina has 1,534 fire departments with 40,350 total personnel. 57% are volunteer departments.

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