Department profile
VolunteerHobson Volunteer Fire Department
Chatom, AL · Washington County. Hobson Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 14 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 14
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Hobson Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Alabama average.
- 7th pct.
- national personnel size
- -18%
- 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.
Hobson Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Chatom, AL (Washington County), with 1 station and 14 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #20,775 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #20,775 of 22,440
- AL personnel rank #669 of 733
- 7.14 stations per 100 personnel
- 19 other listed departments in Washington County
Hobson Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
14 Top 93% higher than 7% 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 06505 · Hobson Volunteer Fire Department, AL 14 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MICRO 14
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #20,775
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Wyatt Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Wyatt Volunteer Fire Department, MO (+ 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.
- Hobson Volunteer (this dept) 14
- High Princeton Fire Pr…, CA 14
- Near Wyatt Volunteer, MO 14
- Near Hermitage Rural, AR 14
- Near Correll Volunteer, MN 14
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Chatom, AL
- County
- Washington County
- FDID
- 06505
Staffing vs the Alabama average
How Hobson Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Alabama. In-state it ranks #669 of 733 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #20,775 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
Hobson Volunteer Fire Department is 4.1% of Washington County roster mass
The county lists 21 departments totaling 341 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 5% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
7.14 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 14 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Wyatt Volunteer Fire Department, MO (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 14 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AL department.