Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Emerald Mountain Volunteer Fire Department

Wetumpka, AL · Elmore County. Emerald Mountain Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 25 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.

25
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Emerald Mountain Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Alabama average.

41st pct.
national personnel size
+47%
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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
54/100
Emerald Mountain Volunteer 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 C
25 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
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
25 personnel · 1 station

Emerald Mountain Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Wetumpka, AL (Elmore County), with 1 station and 25 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #13,346 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #13,346 of 22,440
  • AL personnel rank #309 of 733
  • 4.00 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 20 other listed departments in Elmore County

Emerald Mountain Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

25 Top 59% higher than 41% 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 02921 · Emerald Mountain Volunteer Fire Department, AL 25 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 25
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-MID #13,346
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Mid-Michigan Comm…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Mid-Michigan Community 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Wetumpka, AL
FDID
02921

Staffing vs the Alabama average

How Emerald Mountain Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Alabama. In-state it ranks #309 of 733 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #13,346 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 47% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
84
AL departments
1,302

County roster fringe

Emerald Mountain Volunteer Fire Department is 5.6% of Elmore County roster mass

The county lists 28 departments totaling 450 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 43% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

4.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 25 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Mid-Michigan Community Fire Department, MI (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nationwide volunteer peers near 25 personnel

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