Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderHighland Volunteer Fire Department
Gadsden, AL · Etowah County. Highland Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 30 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.
- 30
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Highland Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Alabama average.
- Top 46%
- national personnel size
- +76%
- 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.
Highland Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Gadsden, AL (Etowah County), with 1 station and 30 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #10,240 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #10,240 of 22,440
- AL personnel rank #201 of 733
- 3.33 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 25 other listed departments in Etowah County
Highland Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
30 Top 46% higher than 54% 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 03117 · Highland Volunteer Fire Department, AL 30 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 30
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #10,240
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Brookneal Volunte…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Brookneal Volunteer Fire Department, VA (+ 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.
- Highland Volunteer (this dept) 30
- High Florida Volunteer, MA 30
- Near Brookneal Volunte…, VA 30
- Near Spruce River Volu…, WV 30
- Near Detroit Lakes, MN 30
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Gadsden, AL
- County
- Etowah County
- FDID
- 03117
Staffing vs the Alabama average
How Highland Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Alabama. In-state it ranks #201 of 733 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #10,240 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
Highland Volunteer Fire Department is 5.9% of Etowah County roster mass
The county lists 33 departments totaling 506 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 73% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
3.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 30 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Brookneal Volunteer Fire Department, VA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 30 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AL department.