Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderMcCalla Area Fire District
Mccalla, AL · Jefferson County. McCalla Area Fire District is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 32 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.
- 32
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
McCalla Area Fire District pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Alabama average.
- Top 41%
- national personnel size
- +88%
- vs. Alabama average
- 2
- stations
- $727,446
- 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.
McCalla Area Fire District is a Volunteer department serving Mccalla, AL (Jefferson County), with 2 stations and 32 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #9,189 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $727,446.
- National personnel rank #9,189 of 22,440
- AL personnel rank #164 of 733
- 6.25 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 56 other listed departments in Jefferson County
McCalla Area Fire District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
32 Top 41% higher than 59% 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 00142 · McCalla Area Fire District, AL 32 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 32
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #9,189
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Grants Pass Fire…
- FEMA-MID $727K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Grants Pass Fire and Rescue Operations Division, 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.
- McCalla Area Fire… (this dept) 32
- High Wittenburg Volunt…, NC 32
- Near Grants Pass Fire…, OR 32
- Near Idanha-Detroit Ru…, OR 32
- Near Alton Fire and Re…, NH 32
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Mccalla, AL
- County
- Jefferson County
- FDID
- 00142
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | EMW-2017-FH-00453A | $249,227.75 |
| 2017 | EMW2016FO00651 | $170,857 |
| 2017 | EMW-2017-FH-00453 | $72,236.25 |
| 2013 | EMW2012FV01184 | $235,125 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Alabama average
How McCalla Area Fire District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Alabama. In-state it ranks #164 of 733 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #9,189 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
McCalla Area Fire District 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.
6.25 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 32 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Grants Pass Fire and Rescue Operations Division, OR (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 32 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AL department.