Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderFriendship Fire Fighter Association
Smiths, AL · Lee County. Friendship Fire Fighter Association is a Volunteer department, 5 stations and 50 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.
- 50
- Total personnel
- 5
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Friendship Fire Fighter Association pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Alabama average.
- Top 17%
- national personnel size
- +194%
- vs. Alabama average
- 5
- 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.
Friendship Fire Fighter Association is a Volunteer department serving Smiths, AL (Lee County), with 5 stations and 50 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,893 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #3,893 of 22,440
- AL personnel rank #49 of 733
- 10.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 9 other listed departments in Lee County
Friendship Fire Fighter Association vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
50 Top 17% higher than 83% 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 04304 · Friendship Fire Fighter Association, AL 50 personnel · 5 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 50
- STA-FEW 5 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #3,893
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bainbridge Public…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Bainbridge Public Safety Department, GA (+ 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.
- Friendship Fire F… (this dept) 50
- High Valley Hill Fire…, NC 50
- Near Bainbridge Public…, GA 50
- Near Borough of Berlin…, NJ 50
- Near Windham Center, CT 50
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Smiths, AL
- County
- Lee County
- FDID
- 04304
Staffing vs the Alabama average
How Friendship Fire Fighter Association's personnel count compares to the typical department in Alabama. In-state it ranks #49 of 733 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,893 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 5
- State fire deaths/yr
- 84
- AL departments
- 1,302
County roster geometry
Lee County HIFLD mix around Friendship Fire Fighter Association
Lee County: 14 departments, 374 personnel (6 volunteer / 2 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 64% of departments. County / state rollup.
10.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (5 stations / 50 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Bainbridge Public Safety Department, GA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 50 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AL department.