Department profile
OtherEMS ProviderPelham Fire Department
Pelham, AL · Shelby County. Pelham Fire Department is a fire department, 4 stations and 65 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.
- 65
- Total personnel
- 4
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Pelham Fire Department pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Alabama average.
- Top 10%
- national personnel size
- +282%
- vs. Alabama average
- 4
- 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.
Pelham Fire Department is a fire department serving Pelham, AL (Shelby County), with 4 stations and 65 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,254 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,254 of 22,440
- AL personnel rank #24 of 733
- 6.15 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 30 other listed departments in Shelby County
Pelham Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
65 Top 10% higher than 90% 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 05806 · Pelham Fire Department, AL 65 personnel · 4 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 65
- STA-FEW 4 stations
- TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #2,254
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ College Park
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: College Park Fire Department, GA (+ 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.
- Pelham (this dept) 65
- High Kinston Fire and…, NC 65
- Near College Park, GA 65
- Near Pineville - Morro…, NC 65
- Near Great Hill Hose C…, CT 65
Department Profile
- Type
- Location
- Pelham, AL
- County
- Shelby County
- FDID
- 05806
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | EMW-2017-FH-00465 | $0 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Alabama average
How Pelham Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Alabama. In-state it ranks #24 of 733 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,254 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 4
- State fire deaths/yr
- 84
- AL departments
- 1,302
County roster geometry
Shelby County HIFLD mix around Pelham Fire Department
Shelby County: 40 departments, 591 personnel (14 volunteer / 4 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 95% of departments. County / state rollup.
6.15 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 65 roster).
Photo-finish peer: College Park Fire Department, GA (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide departments near 65 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AL department.