Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderUnderwood-Petersville Volunteer Fire Department
Florence, AL · Lauderdale County. Underwood-Petersville Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 56 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.
- 56
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Underwood-Petersville Volunteer Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Alabama average.
- Top 14%
- national personnel size
- +229%
- vs. Alabama average
- 1
- station
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.
Underwood-Petersville Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Florence, AL (Lauderdale County), with 1 station and 56 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,055 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #3,055 of 22,440
- AL personnel rank #34 of 733
- 1.79 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 14 other listed departments in Lauderdale County
Underwood-Petersville Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
56 Top 14% higher than 86% 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 04114 · Underwood-Petersville Volunteer Fire Department, AL 56 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 56
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #3,055
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Scotland Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Scotland Volunteer Fire Department, CT (+ 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.
- Underwood-Petersv… (this dept) 56
- High Mills River Fire…, NC 56
- Near Scotland Volunteer, CT 56
- Near Chews Landing, NJ 56
- Near Portage, MI 56
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Florence, AL
- County
- Lauderdale County
- FDID
- 04114
Staffing vs the Alabama average
How Underwood-Petersville Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Alabama. In-state it ranks #34 of 733 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,055 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 84
- AL departments
- 1,302
County roster geometry
Lauderdale County HIFLD mix around Underwood-Petersville Volunteer Fire Department
Lauderdale County: 19 departments, 543 personnel (13 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 84% of departments. County / state rollup.
1.79 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 56 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Scotland Volunteer Fire Department, CT (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 56 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AL department.