Department profile

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Lee 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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
58/100
Lee Chambers Fire Department

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 C
26.6 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
133 personnel · 5 stations

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.

Department Profile

Type
MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
Location
Valley, AL
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.

▲ 682% above the state average
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).

Nationwide volunteer peers near 133 personnel

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