Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Somerville Area Volunteer Emergency Services

Somerville, AL · Morgan County. Somerville Area Volunteer Emergency Services is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 48 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.

48
Total personnel
3
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Somerville Area Volunteer Emergency Services pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Alabama average.

Top 19%
national personnel size
+182%
vs. Alabama average
3
stations
$602,741
FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record

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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
37/100
Somerville Area Volunteer Emergency Services

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 D
16 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment C
$12,557 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
48 personnel · 3 stations

Somerville Area Volunteer Emergency Services is a Volunteer department serving Somerville, AL (Morgan County), with 3 stations and 48 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,344 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $602,741.

  • National personnel rank #4,344 of 22,440
  • AL personnel rank #53 of 733
  • 6.25 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 24 other listed departments in Morgan County

Somerville Area Volunteer Emergency Services vs. the national personnel distribution

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

48 Top 19% higher than 81% 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 05206 · Somerville Area Volunteer Emergency Services, AL 48 personnel · 3 stations

PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 48
  • STA-FEW 3 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #4,344
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Dighton Fire Resc…
  • FEMA-MID $603K
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Dighton Fire Rescue Department, MA (+ 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
Somerville, AL
FDID
05206

FEMA Grant History

$603K
Cumulative funding (FY2011–2021)
3
Awards
Year Award Amount
2021 EMW-2021-FG-03769 $200,952.38
2013 EMW2012FO01821 $171,889
2011 EMW-2011-FV-0291 $229,900

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the Alabama average

How Somerville Area Volunteer Emergency Services's personnel count compares to the typical department in Alabama. In-state it ranks #53 of 733 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,344 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 182% above the state average
Stations
3
State fire deaths/yr
84
AL departments
1,302

County roster fringe

Somerville Area Volunteer Emergency Services is 7.7% of Morgan County roster mass

The county lists 33 departments totaling 625 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 97% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

6.25 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 48 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Dighton Fire Rescue Department, MA (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Cotaco Fire Department
Somerville · volunteer
Decatur Fire and Rescue
Decatur · career
Ebenezer Fire and Rescue
Falkville · volunteer
Falkville Volunteer Fire Department
Falkville · volunteer
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Nationwide volunteer peers near 48 personnel

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

Dighton Fire Rescue Department, MA 48 Bellevue Fire Department, WI 48 Darien Volunteer Fire Department, CT 48 Glasgow Fire Department, KY 48 Trinity Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated, NC 48 Hartland Deerfield Fire Authority, MI 48 Hamburg Township Fire Department, MI 48 Eleven Point Rural Fire Department, MO 48

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Somerville Area Volunteer Emergency Services have?

Somerville Area Volunteer Emergency Services has 48 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 182% above the Alabama average of 17 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #4,344 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within AL, it ranks #53 of 733 by personnel.

Does Somerville Area Volunteer Emergency Services provide EMS services?

Yes, Somerville Area Volunteer Emergency Services provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Somerville Area Volunteer Emergency Services operate?

Somerville Area Volunteer Emergency Services operates 3 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Somerville Area Volunteer Emergency Services?

Somerville Area Volunteer Emergency Services is a Volunteer department serving Morgan County, AL. Volunteer departments rely on community members who serve without full-time compensation.

Has Somerville Area Volunteer Emergency Services received federal grants?

Yes, Somerville Area Volunteer Emergency Services has received 3 FEMA grants totaling $602,741.38 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2011–2021 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2021.

How many fire departments are in Alabama?

Alabama has 1,302 fire departments with 22,091 total personnel. 51% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.