Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderGap of the Mountain Fire and Rescue
Clanton, AL · Chilton County. Gap of the Mountain Fire and Rescue 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
Gap of the Mountain Fire and Rescue pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Alabama average.
- 40th 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.
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.
Gap of the Mountain Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department serving Clanton, AL (Chilton 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 #13,408 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #13,408 of 22,440
- AL personnel rank #312 of 733
- 4.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 15 other listed departments in Chilton County
Gap of the Mountain Fire and Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
25 Top 60% higher than 40% 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 01409 · Gap of the Mountain Fire and Rescue, 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 #13,408
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Patterson Volunte…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Patterson Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated, NC (+ 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.
- Gap of the Mounta… (this dept) 25
- High Jamestown Volunte…, CO 25
- Near Patterson Volunte…, NC 25
- Near East Brooks Volun…, GA 25
- Near Rhodhiss Volunteer, NC 25
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Clanton, AL
- County
- Chilton County
- FDID
- 01409
Staffing vs the Alabama average
How Gap of the Mountain Fire and Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in Alabama. In-state it ranks #312 of 733 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #13,408 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 84
- AL departments
- 1,302
County roster fringe
Gap of the Mountain Fire and Rescue is 7.8% of Chilton County roster mass
The county lists 16 departments totaling 320 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 81% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
4.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 25 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Patterson Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated, NC (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 25 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AL department.