Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderHomewood Fire and Rescue
Homewood, AL · Jefferson County. Homewood Fire and Rescue is a Career (Paid) department, 3 stations and 71 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.
- 71
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Homewood Fire and Rescue pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Alabama average.
- Top 8%
- national personnel size
- +318%
- vs. Alabama average
- 3
- stations
- $983,562
- FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record
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.
Homewood Fire and Rescue is a Career (Paid) department serving Homewood, AL (Jefferson County), with 3 stations and 71 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,848 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $983,562.
- National personnel rank #1,848 of 22,440
- AL personnel rank #18 of 733
- 4.23 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 56 other listed departments in Jefferson County
Homewood Fire and Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
71 Top 8% higher than 92% 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 00110 · Homewood Fire and Rescue, AL 71 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 71
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #1,848
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Port of Seattle
- FEMA-MID $984K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Port of Seattle Fire Department, WA (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid 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.
- Homewood Fire and… (this dept) 71
- High Cherry Valley Fir…, IL 71
- Near Port of Seattle, WA 71
- Near Andrews Volunteer, TX 71
- Near Burtonsville Volu…, MD 71
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Homewood, AL
- County
- Jefferson County
- FDID
- 00110
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | EMW-2018-FH-00326 | $363,981.64 |
| 2017 | EMW2015FH00727 | $349,731 |
| 2014 | EMW2013FO05736 | $270,000 |
| 2012 | EMW2011FH00382 | $-151 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Alabama average
How Homewood Fire and Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in Alabama. In-state it ranks #18 of 733 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,848 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 84
- AL departments
- 1,302
County roster fringe
Homewood Fire and Rescue is 2.9% of Jefferson County roster mass
The county lists 70 departments totaling 2,415 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 91% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
4.23 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 71 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Port of Seattle Fire Department, WA (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 71 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AL department.