Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderSandcut Volunteer Fire Department
Castleberry, AL · Conecuh County. Sandcut Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 17 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.
- 17
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Sandcut Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Alabama average.
- 14th pct.
- national personnel size
- +0%
- vs. Alabama average
- 1
- station
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.
Sandcut Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Castleberry, AL (Conecuh County), with 1 station and 17 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #19,317 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #19,317 of 22,440
- AL personnel rank #583 of 733
- 5.88 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 18 other listed departments in Conecuh County
Sandcut Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
17 Top 86% higher than 14% 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 02118 · Sandcut Volunteer Fire Department, AL 17 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 17
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #19,317
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Salisbury
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Salisbury Fire Department, MO (+ 0 personnel)
Volunteer 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.
- Sandcut Volunteer (this dept) 17
- High Westminster Rural, OH 17
- Near Salisbury, MO 17
- Near LA Jara, CO 17
- Near Monarch Volunteer, MT 17
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Castleberry, AL
- County
- Conecuh County
- FDID
- 02118
Staffing vs the Alabama average
How Sandcut Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Alabama. In-state it ranks #583 of 733 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #19,317 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 84
- AL departments
- 1,302
County roster fringe
Sandcut Volunteer Fire Department is 7.1% of Conecuh County roster mass
The county lists 19 departments totaling 238 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 95% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
5.88 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 17 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Salisbury Fire Department, MO (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 17 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AL department.