Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderScreamer Volunteer Fire Department
Abbeville, AL · Henry County. Screamer Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 3 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
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Screamer Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well above the Alabama average.
- 45th pct.
- national personnel size
- +59%
- 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.
Screamer Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Abbeville, AL (Henry County), with 3 stations and 27 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #12,280 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #12,280 of 22,440
- AL personnel rank #269 of 733
- 11.11 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 5 other listed departments in Henry County
Screamer Volunteer 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 03707 · Screamer Volunteer Fire Department, AL 27 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 27
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #12,280
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Red House Volunte…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Red House Volunteer Fire Department, VA (+ 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.
- Screamer Volunteer (this dept) 27
- High East Gaston Volun…, NC 27
- Near Red House Volunte…, VA 27
- Near Hobbsville Volunt…, NC 27
- Near Tryonota Volunteer, NC 27
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Abbeville, AL
- County
- Henry County
- FDID
- 03707
Staffing vs the Alabama average
How Screamer Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Alabama. In-state it ranks #269 of 733 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #12,280 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 geometry
Henry County HIFLD mix around Screamer Volunteer Fire Department
Henry County: 8 departments, 150 personnel (6 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 63% of departments. County / state rollup.
11.11 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 27 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Red House Volunteer Fire Department, VA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 27 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AL department.