Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderPhenix City Fire Department
Phenix City, AL · Russell County. Phenix City Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 3 stations and 57 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.
- 57
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Phenix City Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Alabama average.
- Top 13%
- national personnel size
- +235%
- 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.
Phenix City Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Phenix City, AL (Russell County), with 3 stations and 57 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,933 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,933 of 22,440
- AL personnel rank #32 of 733
- 5.26 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 13 other listed departments in Russell County
Phenix City Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
57 Top 13% higher than 87% 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 05701 · Phenix City Fire Department, AL 57 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 57
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #2,933
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Limestone Volunte…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Limestone Volunteer Fire Department, NY (+ 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.
- Phenix City (this dept) 57
- High Crockett-Carquine…, CA 57
- Near Limestone Volunte…, NY 57
- Near North Wildwood, NJ 57
- Near Holland, MI 57
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Phenix City, AL
- County
- Russell County
- FDID
- 05701
Staffing vs the Alabama average
How Phenix City Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Alabama. In-state it ranks #32 of 733 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,933 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 weight
Phenix City Fire Department carries 28.1% of Russell County HIFLD personnel
Among 15 listed departments (203 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 47% of the county count. County / state rollup.
5.26 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 57 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Limestone Volunteer Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 57 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AL department.