Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderRainbow City Fire Department
Rainbow City, AL · Etowah County. Rainbow City Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations and 27 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.
- 27
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Rainbow City Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well above the Alabama average.
- 45th pct.
- national personnel size
- +59%
- vs. Alabama average
- 2
- 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.
Rainbow City Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Rainbow City, AL (Etowah County), with 2 stations and 27 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #12,259 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #12,259 of 22,440
- AL personnel rank #267 of 733
- 7.41 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 25 other listed departments in Etowah County
Rainbow City Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
27 Top 55% higher than 45% 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 03105 · Rainbow City Fire Department, AL 27 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 27
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #12,259
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Calumet Village
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Calumet Village Fire Department, MI (+ 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.
- Rainbow City (this dept) 27
- High Maddock Rural Fir…, ND 27
- Near Calumet Village, MI 27
- Near Danville Volunteer, WV 27
- Near Becket, MA 27
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Rainbow City, AL
- County
- Etowah County
- FDID
- 03105
Staffing vs the Alabama average
How Rainbow City Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Alabama. In-state it ranks #267 of 733 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #12,259 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 84
- AL departments
- 1,302
County roster fringe
Rainbow City Fire Department is 5.3% of Etowah County roster mass
The county lists 33 departments totaling 506 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 73% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
7.41 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 27 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Calumet Village Fire Department, MI (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 27 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AL department.