Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderWest Shelby Fire and Rescue District
Montevallo, AL · Shelby County. West Shelby Fire and Rescue District is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 22 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.
- 22
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
West Shelby Fire and Rescue District pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Alabama average.
- 28th pct.
- national personnel size
- +29%
- 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.
West Shelby Fire and Rescue District is a Volunteer department serving Montevallo, AL (Shelby County), with 2 stations and 22 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #16,072 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #16,072 of 22,440
- AL personnel rank #427 of 733
- 9.09 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 30 other listed departments in Shelby County
West Shelby Fire and Rescue District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
22 Top 72% higher than 28% 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 05814 · West Shelby Fire and Rescue District, AL 22 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 22
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #16,072
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Whiteford Townshi…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Whiteford Township Volunteer Fire Department, MI (+ 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 Shelby Fire… (this dept) 22
- High Goodman Area Fire…, MO 22
- Near Whiteford Townshi…, MI 22
- Near Exeter Township V…, MI 22
- Near Edgewater Volunte…, CO 22
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Montevallo, AL
- County
- Shelby County
- FDID
- 05814
Staffing vs the Alabama average
How West Shelby Fire and Rescue District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Alabama. In-state it ranks #427 of 733 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #16,072 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 fringe
West Shelby Fire and Rescue District is 3.7% of Shelby County roster mass
The county lists 40 departments totaling 591 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 95% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
9.09 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 22 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Whiteford Township Volunteer Fire Department, MI (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 22 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AL department.