Department profile
VolunteerLoretto Volunteer Fire Department and Rapid Responders
Cullman, AL · Cullman County. Loretto Volunteer Fire Department and Rapid Responders is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 30 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 30
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Loretto Volunteer Fire Department and Rapid Responders pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Alabama average.
- Top 46%
- national personnel size
- +76%
- vs. Alabama average
- 2
- 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.
Loretto Volunteer Fire Department and Rapid Responders is a Volunteer department serving Cullman, AL (Cullman County), with 2 stations and 30 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #10,372 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #10,372 of 22,440
- AL personnel rank #205 of 733
- 6.67 stations per 100 personnel
- 30 other listed departments in Cullman County
Loretto Volunteer Fire Department and Rapid Responders vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
30 Top 46% higher than 54% 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 02522 · Loretto Volunteer Fire Department and Rapid Responders, AL 30 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 30
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-MID #10,372
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Argentine Townshi…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Argentine Township Fire and Rescue, MI (+ 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.
- Loretto Volunteer… (this dept) 30
- High Dover Volunteer, NC 30
- Near Argentine Townshi…, MI 30
- Near Tybee Island, GA 30
- Near Flushing, MI 30
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Cullman, AL
- County
- Cullman County
- FDID
- 02522
Staffing vs the Alabama average
How Loretto Volunteer Fire Department and Rapid Responders's personnel count compares to the typical department in Alabama. In-state it ranks #205 of 733 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #10,372 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
Loretto Volunteer Fire Department and Rapid Responders is 6.7% of Cullman County roster mass
The county lists 46 departments totaling 448 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 0% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
6.67 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 30 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Argentine Township Fire and Rescue, MI (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 30 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AL department.