Department profile
OtherEMS ProviderOzark Fire Department - Dowling Fire Station
Ozark, AL · Dale County. Ozark Fire Department - Dowling Fire Station is a fire department, 3 stations and 55 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.
- 55
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Ozark Fire Department - Dowling Fire Station pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Alabama average.
- Top 14%
- national personnel size
- +224%
- 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.
Ozark Fire Department - Dowling Fire Station is a fire department serving Ozark, AL (Dale County), with 3 stations and 55 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,225 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #3,225 of 22,440
- AL personnel rank #36 of 733
- 5.45 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 16 other listed departments in Dale County
Ozark Fire Department - Dowling Fire Station vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
55 Top 14% higher than 86% 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 02601 · Ozark Fire Department - Dowling Fire Station, AL 55 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 55
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #3,225
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Number 9 Township…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Number 9 Township Volunteer Fire Department, NC (+ 0 personnel)
Instrument codes from this department’s HIFLD personnel and station counts, staffing type, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer department, FEMA AFG/SAFER book, and field completeness, not a readiness rating.
Personnel neighbourhood
Nationwide HIFLD headcount poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every AL department.
- Ozark Fire Depart… (this dept) 55
- High Windsor Township…, MI 55
- Near Number 9 Township…, NC 55
- Near Lawrenceville Vol…, VA 55
- Near Old Tappan Volunt…, NJ 55
Department Profile
- Type
- Location
- Ozark, AL
- County
- Dale County
- FDID
- 02601
Staffing vs the Alabama average
How Ozark Fire Department - Dowling Fire Station's personnel count compares to the typical department in Alabama. In-state it ranks #36 of 733 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,225 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 geometry
Dale County HIFLD mix around Ozark Fire Department - Dowling Fire Station
Dale County: 17 departments, 234 personnel (8 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 59% of departments. County / state rollup.
5.45 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 55 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Number 9 Township Volunteer Fire Department, NC (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide departments near 55 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AL department.