Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderTuscaloosa Fire and Rescue
Tuscaloosa, AL · Tuscaloosa County. Tuscaloosa Fire and Rescue is a Career (Paid) department, 12 stations and 220 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.
- 220
- Total personnel
- 12
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Tuscaloosa Fire and Rescue pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Alabama average.
- Top 1%
- national personnel size
- +1194%
- vs. Alabama average
- 12
- stations
- $1,578,007
- 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.
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.
Tuscaloosa Fire and Rescue is a Career (Paid) department serving Tuscaloosa, AL (Tuscaloosa County), with 12 stations and 220 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #190 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $1,578,007.
- National personnel rank #190 of 22,440
- AL personnel rank #4 of 733
- 5.45 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 27 other listed departments in Tuscaloosa County
Tuscaloosa Fire and Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
220 Top 1% higher than 99% 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 06301 · Tuscaloosa Fire and Rescue, AL 220 personnel · 12 stations
PERS-LARGE · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-LARGE 220
- STA-MULTI 12 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #190
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Occoquan-Woodbrid…
- FEMA-MID $1.6M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Occoquan-Woodbridge-Lorton Volunteer Fire Department, VA (+ 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.
- High Albany, GA 223
- Tuscaloosa Fire a… (this dept) 220
- Near Occoquan-Woodbrid…, VA 220
- Low City of Miami Bea…, FL 219
- Near Holbrook, NY 219
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Tuscaloosa, AL
- County
- Tuscaloosa County
- FDID
- 06301
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | EMW-2024-FG-03461 | $219,827.27 |
| 2019 | EMW-2019-FG-09928 | $392,995 |
| 2017 | EMW2016FO02955 | $694,873 |
| 2011 | EMW-2011-FP-0004 | $270,312 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Alabama average
How Tuscaloosa Fire and Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in Alabama. In-state it ranks #4 of 733 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #190 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 12
- State fire deaths/yr
- 84
- AL departments
- 1,302
County roster weight
Tuscaloosa Fire and Rescue carries 36.5% of Tuscaloosa County HIFLD personnel
Among 33 listed departments (602 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 33% of the county count. County / state rollup.
5.45 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (12 stations / 220 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Occoquan-Woodbridge-Lorton Volunteer Fire Department, VA (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 220 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AL department.