Department profile
VolunteerHelicon Fire Department
Arley, AL · Winston County. Helicon Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 37 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 37
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Helicon Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount more than double the Alabama average.
- Top 31%
- national personnel size
- +118%
- vs. Alabama average
- 2
- 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.
Helicon Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Arley, AL (Winston County), with 2 stations and 37 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #7,034 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #7,034 of 22,440
- AL personnel rank #116 of 733
- 5.41 stations per 100 personnel
- 10 other listed departments in Winston County
Helicon Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
37 Top 31% higher than 69% 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 06706 · Helicon Fire Department, AL 37 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 37
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #7,034
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Eno Fire and Resc…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Eno Fire and Rescue, 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.
- Helicon (this dept) 37
- High Whispering Pines, NC 37
- Near Eno Fire and Resc…, NC 37
- Near Frederick County…, VA 37
- Near Estes Park Volunt…, CO 37
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Arley, AL
- County
- Winston County
- FDID
- 06706
Staffing vs the Alabama average
How Helicon Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Alabama. In-state it ranks #116 of 733 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,034 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 84
- AL departments
- 1,302
County roster geometry
Winston County HIFLD mix around Helicon Fire Department
Winston County: 13 departments, 244 personnel (10 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 54% of departments. County / state rollup.
5.41 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 37 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Eno Fire and Rescue, NC (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 37 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AL department.