Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderMeridianville Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services
Meridianville, AL · Madison County. Meridianville Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 26 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.
- 26
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Meridianville Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well above the Alabama average.
- 43rd pct.
- national personnel size
- +53%
- vs. Alabama average
- 1
- station
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.
Meridianville Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services is a Volunteer department serving Meridianville, AL (Madison County), with 1 station and 26 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #12,723 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #12,723 of 22,440
- AL personnel rank #287 of 733
- 3.85 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 22 other listed departments in Madison County
Meridianville Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
26 Top 57% higher than 43% 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 04721 · Meridianville Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services, AL 26 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 26
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #12,723
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Red Lake
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Red Lake Fire Department, MN (+ 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.
- Meridianville Vol… (this dept) 26
- High Gresston Volunteer, GA 26
- Near Red Lake, MN 26
- Near Gibbsboro Fire Co…, NJ 26
- Near Deerfield Township, MI 26
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Meridianville, AL
- County
- Madison County
- FDID
- 04721
Staffing vs the Alabama average
How Meridianville Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services's personnel count compares to the typical department in Alabama. In-state it ranks #287 of 733 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #12,723 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 84
- AL departments
- 1,302
County roster fringe
Meridianville Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services is 3.2% of Madison County roster mass
The county lists 32 departments totaling 810 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 22% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
3.85 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 26 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Red Lake Fire Department, MN (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 26 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AL department.