Department profile

Volunteer

Searcy Volunteer Fire Department

Greenville, AL · Butler County. Searcy Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 15 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

15
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Searcy Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Alabama average.

9th pct.
national personnel size
-12%
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.

F
PlainFireData Composite Score
6/100
Searcy Volunteer Fire Department

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.

Staffing capacity F
7.5 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
15 personnel · 2 stations

Searcy Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Greenville, AL (Butler County), with 2 stations and 15 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #20,478 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #20,478 of 22,440
  • AL personnel rank #653 of 733
  • 13.33 stations per 100 personnel
  • 16 other listed departments in Butler County

Searcy Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

15 Top 91% higher than 9% 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 01016 · Searcy Volunteer Fire Department, AL 15 personnel · 2 stations

PERS-MICRO · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MICRO 15
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-LOWER #20,478
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Winchester Commun…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Winchester Community Fire District, OH (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Greenville, AL
FDID
01016

Staffing vs the Alabama average

How Searcy Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Alabama. In-state it ranks #653 of 733 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #20,478 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 12% below the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
84
AL departments
1,302

County roster fringe

Searcy Volunteer Fire Department is 9.3% of Butler County roster mass

The county lists 18 departments totaling 162 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 39% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

13.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 15 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Winchester Community Fire District, OH (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 15 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AL department.