Department profile
VolunteerWest Etowah Volunteer Fire Department
Altoona, AL · Etowah County. West Etowah Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 24 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 24
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
West Etowah Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Alabama average.
- 34th pct.
- national personnel size
- +41%
- 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.
West Etowah Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Altoona, AL (Etowah County), with 1 station and 24 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #14,854 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #14,854 of 22,440
- AL personnel rank #375 of 733
- 4.17 stations per 100 personnel
- 25 other listed departments in Etowah County
West Etowah Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
24 Top 66% higher than 34% 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 AL-WEST-ETOWAH-VOLUNTEER-FIRE-DEPARTMENT-AL · West Etowah Volunteer Fire Department, AL 24 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 24
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-LOWER #14,854
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ 134th Ces/Cef Ten…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 2/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: 134th Ces/Cef Tennessee Air National Guard-Dod, TN (+ 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 Etowah Volun… (this dept) 24
- High Annawan-Alba Fire…, IL 24
- Near 134th Ces/Cef Ten…, TN 24
- Near Altoona, KS 24
- Near Andover Fire and…, KS 24
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Altoona, AL
- County
- Etowah County
Staffing vs the Alabama average
How West Etowah Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Alabama. In-state it ranks #375 of 733 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #14,854 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 fringe
West Etowah Volunteer Fire Department is 4.7% of Etowah County roster mass
The county lists 33 departments totaling 506 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 73% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
4.17 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 24 roster).
Photo-finish peer: 134th Ces/Cef Tennessee Air National Guard-Dod, TN (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 24 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AL department.