Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderWest Blount Fire Department
Hayden, AL · Blount County. West Blount Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 4 stations and 25 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.
- 25
- Total personnel
- 4
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
West Blount Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Alabama average.
- 37th pct.
- national personnel size
- +47%
- vs. Alabama average
- 4
- 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.
West Blount Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Hayden, AL (Blount County), with 4 stations and 25 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #14,141 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #14,141 of 22,440
- AL personnel rank #343 of 733
- 16.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 22 other listed departments in Blount County
West Blount Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
25 Top 63% higher than 37% 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 00818 · West Blount Fire Department, AL 25 personnel · 4 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 25
- STA-FEW 4 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #14,141
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Aulander
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Aulander Fire Department, NC (+ 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.
- West Blount (this dept) 25
- High Covington Townshi…, MI 25
- Near Aulander, NC 25
- Near Delton, MI 25
- Near Kawkawlin Township, MI 25
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Hayden, AL
- County
- Blount County
- FDID
- 00818
Staffing vs the Alabama average
How West Blount Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Alabama. In-state it ranks #343 of 733 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #14,141 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 4
- State fire deaths/yr
- 84
- AL departments
- 1,302
County roster fringe
West Blount Fire Department is 6.3% of Blount County roster mass
The county lists 27 departments totaling 394 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 85% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
16.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 25 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Aulander Fire Department, NC (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 25 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AL department.