Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Huntsville Fire and Rescue

Huntsville, AL · Madison County. Huntsville Fire and Rescue is a Career (Paid) department, 17 stations and 344 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.

344
Total personnel
17
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Huntsville Fire and Rescue pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Alabama average.

Top 1%
national personnel size
+1924%
vs. Alabama average
17
stations
$7,704,549
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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
39/100
Huntsville Fire and Rescue

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.

Staffing capacity D
20.2 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
344 personnel · 17 stations

Huntsville Fire and Rescue is a Career (Paid) department serving Huntsville, AL (Madison County), with 17 stations and 344 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #93 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $7,704,549.

  • National personnel rank #93 of 22,440
  • AL personnel rank #3 of 733
  • 4.94 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 22 other listed departments in Madison County

Huntsville Fire and Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

344 Top 1% higher than 99%+ 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 04701 · Huntsville Fire and Rescue, AL 344 personnel · 17 stations

PERS-LARGE · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-HEAVY · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-LARGE 344
  • STA-MULTI 17 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #93
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Aurora
  • FEMA-HEAVY $7.7M
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Aurora Fire Department, CO (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
CAREER
Location
Huntsville, AL
FDID
04701

FEMA Grant History

$0
Cumulative funding (FY2009–2015)
0
Awards
Year Award Amount
2015 EMW2014FO06585 $1,509,141
2011 EMW-2011-FO-0811 $657,992
2010 EMW-2010-FH-0108 $5,540,072
2009 EMW2008FF00860 $-2,656

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the Alabama average

How Huntsville Fire and Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in Alabama. In-state it ranks #3 of 733 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #93 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 1924% above the state average
Stations
17
State fire deaths/yr
84
AL departments
1,302

County roster weight

Huntsville Fire and Rescue carries 42.5% of Madison County HIFLD personnel

Among 32 listed departments (810 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 38% of the county count. County / state rollup.

4.94 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (17 stations / 344 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Aurora Fire Department, CO (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Big Cove Volunteer Fire Department
Owens Cross Roads · other
Bobo Volunteer Fire Department
Ardmore · volunteer
Bobo Volunteer Fire Department
Hazel Green · other
Central Volunteer Fire Department
Huntsville · volunteer
Harvest Volunteer Fire Department
Harvest · volunteer
All AL departments →

Nationwide career peers near 344 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AL department.

Aurora Fire Department, CO 344 Boone County Fire Protection District, MO 342 Rockville Centre Fire Department, NY 341 Santa Ana Fire Department, CA 349 Fresno City Fire Department, CA 350 Spokane Fire Department, WA 335 Saint Johns County Fire Rescue, FL 335 Saint Petersburg Fire and Rescue, FL 354

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Huntsville Fire and Rescue have?

Huntsville Fire and Rescue has 344 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 1924% above the Alabama average of 17 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #93 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within AL, it ranks #3 of 733 by personnel.

Does Huntsville Fire and Rescue provide EMS services?

Yes, Huntsville Fire and Rescue provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Huntsville Fire and Rescue operate?

Huntsville Fire and Rescue operates 17 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Huntsville Fire and Rescue?

Huntsville Fire and Rescue is a Career (Paid) department serving Madison County, AL. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

Has Huntsville Fire and Rescue received federal grants?

Yes, Huntsville Fire and Rescue has received 4 FEMA grants totaling $7,704,549 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2009–2015 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2015.

How many fire departments are in Alabama?

Alabama has 1,302 fire departments with 22,091 total personnel. 51% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Verify with USFA/FEMA →

HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.