Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderDaphne Fire Department
Daphne, AL · Baldwin County. Daphne Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 4 stations and 38 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.
- 38
- Total personnel
- 4
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Daphne Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount more than double the Alabama average.
- Top 30%
- national personnel size
- +124%
- vs. Alabama average
- 4
- stations
- $308,175
- 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.
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.
Daphne Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Daphne, AL (Baldwin County), with 4 stations and 38 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,710 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $308,175.
- National personnel rank #6,710 of 22,440
- AL personnel rank #105 of 733
- 10.53 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 37 other listed departments in Baldwin County
Daphne Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
38 Top 30% higher than 70% 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 00508 · Daphne Fire Department, AL 38 personnel · 4 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 38
- STA-FEW 4 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #6,710
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Pine Grove Rural…
- FEMA-LIGHT $308K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Pine Grove Rural Fire Protection District, OR (+ 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.
- Daphne (this dept) 38
- High City of Buckley, WA 38
- Near Pine Grove Rural…, OR 38
- Near Cole Camp and Rur…, MO 38
- Near Strasburg Volunte…, CO 38
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Daphne, AL
- County
- Baldwin County
- FDID
- 00508
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | EMW-2010-FO-0764 | $308,175 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Alabama average
How Daphne Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Alabama. In-state it ranks #105 of 733 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,710 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
Daphne Fire Department is 5.2% of Baldwin County roster mass
The county lists 46 departments totaling 728 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 54% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
10.53 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 38 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Pine Grove Rural Fire Protection District, OR (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 38 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AL department.