Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderNorth Shelby County Fire and Emergency Medical District
Birmingham, AL · Shelby County. North Shelby County Fire and Emergency Medical District is a Career (Paid) department, 3 stations and 42 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.
- 42
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
North Shelby County Fire and Emergency Medical District pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Alabama average.
- Top 25%
- national personnel size
- +147%
- vs. Alabama average
- 3
- 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.
North Shelby County Fire and Emergency Medical District is a Career (Paid) department serving Birmingham, AL (Shelby County), with 3 stations and 42 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #5,554 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #5,554 of 22,440
- AL personnel rank #75 of 733
- 7.14 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 30 other listed departments in Shelby County
North Shelby County Fire and Emergency Medical District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
42 Top 25% higher than 75% 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 05818 · North Shelby County Fire and Emergency Medical District, AL 42 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 42
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #5,554
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Oley Fire Company…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Oley Fire Company and Ambulance Service, PA (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid 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.
- North Shelby Coun… (this dept) 42
- High Throop Volunteer, NY 42
- Near Oley Fire Company…, PA 42
- Near Clarkston Fire Se…, MT 42
- Near Friendship Hook a…, PA 42
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Birmingham, AL
- County
- Shelby County
- FDID
- 05818
Staffing vs the Alabama average
How North Shelby County Fire and Emergency Medical District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Alabama. In-state it ranks #75 of 733 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #5,554 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 84
- AL departments
- 1,302
County roster fringe
North Shelby County Fire and Emergency Medical District is 7.1% of Shelby County roster mass
The county lists 40 departments totaling 591 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 95% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
7.14 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 42 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Oley Fire Company and Ambulance Service, PA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 42 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AL department.