Department profile
VolunteerUnion Hill Volunteer Fire Department
Lafayette, AL · Chambers County. Union Hill Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 57 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 57
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Union Hill Volunteer Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Alabama average.
- Top 13%
- national personnel size
- +235%
- 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.
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.
Union Hill Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Lafayette, AL (Chambers County), with 2 stations and 57 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,948 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,948 of 22,440
- AL personnel rank #33 of 733
- 3.51 stations per 100 personnel
- 14 other listed departments in Chambers County
Union Hill Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
57 Top 13% higher than 87% 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 01215 · Union Hill Volunteer Fire Department, AL 57 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 57
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #2,948
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Guilderland Center
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Guilderland Center Fire Department, NY (+ 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.
- Union Hill Volunt… (this dept) 57
- High Scappoose Rural F…, OR 57
- Near Guilderland Center, NY 57
- Near Belfast, NY 57
- Near Warehouse Point, CT 57
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Lafayette, AL
- County
- Chambers County
- FDID
- 01215
Staffing vs the Alabama average
How Union Hill Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Alabama. In-state it ranks #33 of 733 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,948 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 84
- AL departments
- 1,302
County roster weight
Union Hill Volunteer Fire Department carries 25.6% of Chambers County HIFLD personnel
Among 16 listed departments (223 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 31% of the county count. County / state rollup.
3.51 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 57 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Guilderland Center Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 57 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AL department.