Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderPell City Fire and Rescue
Pell City, AL · St Clair County. Pell City Fire and Rescue is a Career (Paid) department, 4 stations and 37 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.
- 37
- Total personnel
- 4
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Pell City Fire and Rescue pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount more than double the Alabama average.
- Top 32%
- national personnel size
- +118%
- vs. Alabama average
- 4
- stations
- $205,480
- 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.
Pell City Fire and Rescue is a Career (Paid) department serving Pell City, AL (St Clair County), with 4 stations and 37 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #7,114 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $205,480.
- National personnel rank #7,114 of 22,440
- AL personnel rank #117 of 733
- 10.81 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 26 other listed departments in St Clair County
Pell City Fire and Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
37 Top 32% higher than 68% 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 05901 · Pell City Fire and Rescue, AL 37 personnel · 4 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 37
- STA-FEW 4 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #7,114
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Griffins Township…
- FEMA-LIGHT $205K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Griffins Township Fire Department Incorporated, NC (+ 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.
- Pell City Fire an… (this dept) 37
- High Clarks Chapel Fir…, NC 37
- Near Griffins Township…, NC 37
- Near Monroe City, MI 37
- Near City of Hapeville, GA 37
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Pell City, AL
- County
- St Clair County
- FDID
- 05901
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | EMW2011FO08056 | $205,480 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Alabama average
How Pell City Fire and Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in Alabama. In-state it ranks #117 of 733 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,114 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 St Clair County
County mix is mostly volunteer (14 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.
10.81 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 37 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Griffins Township Fire Department Incorporated, NC (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 37 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AL department.