Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderNorthport Fire Rescue
Northport, AL · Tuscaloosa County. Northport Fire Rescue is a Career (Paid) department, 4 stations and 67 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.
- 67
- Total personnel
- 4
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Northport Fire Rescue pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Alabama average.
- Top 9%
- national personnel size
- +294%
- vs. Alabama average
- 4
- stations
- $2,156,585
- 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.
Northport Fire Rescue is a Career (Paid) department serving Northport, AL (Tuscaloosa County), with 4 stations and 67 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,100 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $2,156,585.
- National personnel rank #2,100 of 22,440
- AL personnel rank #21 of 733
- 5.97 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 27 other listed departments in Tuscaloosa County
Northport Fire Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
67 Top 9% higher than 91% 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 06302 · Northport Fire Rescue, AL 67 personnel · 4 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 67
- STA-FEW 4 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #2,100
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Zionsville
- FEMA-MID $2.2M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Zionsville Fire Department, IN (+ 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.
- Northport Fire Re… (this dept) 67
- High Plainfield, MI 67
- Near Zionsville, IN 67
- Near Altoona, PA 67
- Near Walker City, MI 67
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Northport, AL
- County
- Tuscaloosa County
- FDID
- 06302
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | EMW-2022-FG-05363 | $598,478.18 |
| 2011 | EMW2010FH00403 | $-264,671 |
| 2010 | EMW-2010-FH-0040 | $1,822,778 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Alabama average
How Northport Fire Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in Alabama. In-state it ranks #21 of 733 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,100 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 4
- State fire deaths/yr
- 84
- AL departments
- 1,302
County staffing outlier
Career (Paid) island in a volunteer-heavy Tuscaloosa County
County mix is mostly volunteer (11 volunteer / 2 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.
5.97 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 67 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Zionsville Fire Department, IN (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 67 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AL department.