Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderLee Chambers Fire Department
Valley, AL · Lee County. Lee Chambers Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 5 stations and 133 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.
- 133
- Total personnel
- 5
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Lee Chambers Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Alabama average.
- Top 2%
- national personnel size
- +682%
- vs. Alabama average
- 5
- stations
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.
Lee Chambers Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Valley, AL (Lee County), with 5 stations and 133 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #537 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #537 of 22,440
- AL personnel rank #7 of 733
- 3.76 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 9 other listed departments in Lee County
Lee Chambers Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
133 Top 2% higher than 98% 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 04305 · Lee Chambers Fire Department, AL 133 personnel · 5 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 133
- STA-FEW 5 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #537
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Cowlitz 2 Fire an…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Cowlitz 2 Fire and Rescue, WA (+ 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.
- Lee Chambers (this dept) 133
- High Terryville, NY 133
- Near Cowlitz 2 Fire an…, WA 133
- Near El Dorado County…, CA 133
- Near Norman, OK 133
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Valley, AL
- County
- Lee County
- FDID
- 04305
Staffing vs the Alabama average
How Lee Chambers Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Alabama. In-state it ranks #7 of 733 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #537 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 5
- State fire deaths/yr
- 84
- AL departments
- 1,302
County roster weight
Lee Chambers Fire Department carries 35.6% of Lee County HIFLD personnel
Among 14 listed departments (374 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 43% of the county count. County / state rollup.
3.76 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (5 stations / 133 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Cowlitz 2 Fire and Rescue, WA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 133 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AL department.