Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Talladega Fire and Rescue

Talladega, AL · Talladega County. Talladega Fire and Rescue is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations and 26 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.

26
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Talladega Fire and Rescue pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well above the Alabama average.

43rd pct.
national personnel size
+53%
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
14/100
Talladega Fire and Rescue

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
13 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
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
26 personnel · 2 stations

Talladega Fire and Rescue is a Career (Paid) department serving Talladega, AL (Talladega County), with 2 stations and 26 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #12,900 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #12,900 of 22,440
  • AL personnel rank #296 of 733
  • 7.69 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 19 other listed departments in Talladega County

Talladega Fire and Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution

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

26 Top 57% higher than 43% 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 06102 · Talladega Fire and Rescue, AL 26 personnel · 2 stations

PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 26
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-MID #12,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Casnovia Township
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Casnovia Township 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.

Department Profile

Type
CAREER
Location
Talladega, AL
FDID
06102

Staffing vs the Alabama average

How Talladega Fire and Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in Alabama. In-state it ranks #296 of 733 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #12,900 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 53% above the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
84
AL departments
1,302

County roster fringe

Talladega Fire and Rescue is 8.6% of Talladega County roster mass

The county lists 23 departments totaling 302 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 61% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

7.69 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 26 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Casnovia Township Fire Department, MI (+0 personnel).

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

Nationwide career peers near 26 personnel

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