Department profile
VolunteerNew Union Aurora Volunteer Fire Department
Boaz, AL · Etowah County. New Union Aurora Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 20 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 20
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
New Union Aurora Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Alabama average.
- 22nd pct.
- national personnel size
- +18%
- 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.
New Union Aurora Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Boaz, AL (Etowah County), with 2 stations and 20 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #17,418 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #17,418 of 22,440
- AL personnel rank #493 of 733
- 10.00 stations per 100 personnel
- 25 other listed departments in Etowah County
New Union Aurora Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
20 Top 78% higher than 22% 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 03123 · New Union Aurora Volunteer Fire Department, AL 20 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 20
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #17,418
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Stanton Township…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Stanton Township Volunteer Fire Department Precinct 1, 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.
- New Union Aurora… (this dept) 20
- High Bootjack Fire and…, MI 20
- Near Stanton Township…, MI 20
- Near Laird Township Vo…, MI 20
- Near Quincy-Franklin-H…, MI 20
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Boaz, AL
- County
- Etowah County
- FDID
- 03123
Staffing vs the Alabama average
How New Union Aurora Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Alabama. In-state it ranks #493 of 733 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #17,418 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
New Union Aurora Volunteer Fire Department is 4.0% of Etowah County roster mass
The county lists 33 departments totaling 506 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 73% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
10.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 20 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Stanton Township Volunteer Fire Department Precinct 1, MI (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 20 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AL department.