Department profile

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Louisville Fire and Rescue

Louisville, AL · Barbour County. Louisville Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department, 1 station 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
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Louisville Fire and Rescue pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Alabama average.

Top 43%
national personnel size
+82%
vs. Alabama average
1
station
$271,429
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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
54/100
Louisville 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 B
31 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 D
$8,756 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
31 personnel · 1 station

Louisville Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department serving Louisville, AL (Barbour County), with 1 station and 31 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #9,632 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $271,429.

  • National personnel rank #9,632 of 22,440
  • AL personnel rank #178 of 733
  • 3.23 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 14 other listed departments in Barbour County

Louisville Fire and Rescue 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 00604 · Louisville Fire and Rescue, AL 31 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 31
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-MID #9,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Oregon Outback Ru…
  • FEMA-LIGHT $271K
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Oregon Outback Rural Fire Protection District, OR (+ 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
VOLUNTEER
Location
Louisville, AL
FDID
00604

FEMA Grant History

$271K
Cumulative funding (FY2018)
1
Awards
Year Award Amount
2018 EMW-2018-FV-00743 $271,429

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

Staffing vs the Alabama average

How Louisville Fire and Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in Alabama. In-state it ranks #178 of 733 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #9,632 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 82% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
84
AL departments
1,302

County roster geometry

Barbour County HIFLD mix around Louisville Fire and Rescue

Barbour County: 15 departments, 288 personnel (8 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 60% of departments. County / state rollup.

3.23 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 31 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Oregon Outback Rural Fire Protection District, OR (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Clayton Fire and Rescue
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Clio Rescue Squad
Clio · other
Clio Volunteer Fire Department
Clio · volunteer
Cowikee Volunteer Fire Department
Eufaula · volunteer
Elamville Fire Department
Ariton · other
All AL departments →

Nationwide volunteer peers near 31 personnel

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

Oregon Outback Rural Fire Protection District, OR 31 Philomath Fire and Rescue, OR 31 East Umatilla County Rural Fire Protection District, OR 31 Mancelona Fire District, MI 31 Pantego Fire Department, NC 31 Old Ford Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated, NC 31 Lewiston Woodville Volunteer Fire and Emergency Medical Services, NC 31 Department of Fire Rescue - Earlysville Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated, VA 31

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Louisville Fire and Rescue have?

Louisville Fire and Rescue has 31 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 82% above the Alabama average of 17 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #9,632 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within AL, it ranks #178 of 733 by personnel.

Does Louisville Fire and Rescue provide EMS services?

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

How many fire stations does Louisville Fire and Rescue operate?

Louisville Fire and Rescue operates 1 fire station.

What type of fire department is Louisville Fire and Rescue?

Louisville Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department serving Barbour County, AL. Volunteer departments rely on community members who serve without full-time compensation.

Has Louisville Fire and Rescue received federal grants?

Yes, Louisville Fire and Rescue has received 1 FEMA grant totaling $271,429 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2018 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2018.

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.