Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderIrondale Fire Department
Irondale, AL · Jefferson County. Irondale Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations and 31 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.
- 31
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Irondale Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Alabama average.
- Top 43%
- national personnel size
- +82%
- vs. Alabama average
- 2
- stations
- $252,017
- 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.
Irondale Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Irondale, AL (Jefferson County), with 2 stations and 31 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #9,601 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $252,017.
- National personnel rank #9,601 of 22,440
- AL personnel rank #175 of 733
- 6.45 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 56 other listed departments in Jefferson County
Irondale Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
31 Top 43% higher than 57% 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 00113 · Irondale Fire Department, AL 31 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 31
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #9,601
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Em Holt Volunteer
- FEMA-LIGHT $252K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Em Holt Volunteer Fire Department, NC (+ 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.
- Irondale (this dept) 31
- High Suncor Energy USA, CO 31
- Near Em Holt Volunteer, NC 31
- Near South Lane County…, OR 31
- Near Cannon Beach Rura…, OR 31
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Irondale, AL
- County
- Jefferson County
- FDID
- 00113
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | EMW-2018-FO-01724 | $260,429 |
| 2007 | EMW2006FF04621 | $-8,412 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Alabama average
How Irondale Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Alabama. In-state it ranks #175 of 733 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #9,601 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 fringe
Irondale Fire Department is 1.3% 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.
6.45 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 31 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Em Holt Volunteer Fire Department, NC (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 31 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AL department.