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Alabama Fire Department Types

The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) definition of department type is as follows:

Department Type Definition
Career All firefighters are career / paid firefighters
Mostly Career More than half of the firefighters are career / paid firefighters
Mostly Volunteer More than half of the firefighters are volunteer / un-paid firefighters
Volunteer All of the firefighters are volunteer / un-paid firefighters

The information below is based solely upon fire departments that have registered with the National Fire Service Registry. If you have not registered your fire department, please do so, it is free and contributes to a complete picture of the fire services. Check out some Quick Facts from the registry.

Department Type

NOTE: In the USFA National Fire Service Registry data for Alabama there is 1 department NOT classified, and so NOT included in these statistics. Departments should register as Career, Mostly Career, Volunteer or Mostly Volunteer but we do not have it for this 1 department .

Departments Types of Alabama

Percentages are intentionally rounded for simplicity not precision, so please use them as insights only.

County Career Mostly Career Mostly Volunteer Volunteer Total
Autauga 11% 89% 9
Baldwin 4% 12% 8% 77% 26
Barbour 10% 10% 80% 10
Bibb 12% 88% 8
Blount 6% 6% 89% 18
Bullock 20% 80% 5
Butler 8% 92% 12
Calhoun 11% 11% 11% 67% 9
Chambers 14% 14% 71% 7
Cherokee 8% 8% 83% 12
Chilton 29% 71% 14
Choctaw 100% 6
Clarke 100% 8
Clay 8% 92% 12
Cleburne 100% 8
Coffee 12% 12% 75% 8
Colbert 15% 8% 77% 13
Conecuh 100% 13
Coosa 100% 7
Covington 6% 6% 88% 17
Crenshaw 100% 9
Cullman 5% 10% 85% 20
Dale 8% 8% 8% 75% 12
Dallas 10% 90% 10
De Kalb 13% 13% 73% 15
Elmore 6% 25% 69% 16
Escambia 12% 12% 76% 17
Etowah 9% 14% 77% 22
Fayette 17% 83% 12
Franklin 9% 91% 11
Geneva 100% 9
Greene 100% 7
Hale 100% 4
Henry 40% 60% 5
Houston 12% 19% 69% 16
Jackson 5% 95% 19
Jefferson 29% 20% 20% 31% 45
Lamar 100% 9
Lauderdale 7% 93% 15
Lawrence 20% 80% 5
Lee 33% 67% 9
Limestone 12% 88% 8
Lowndes 100% 5
Macon 25% 75% 4
Madison 13% 7% 7% 73% 15
Marengo 17% 83% 6
Marion 20% 80% 10
Marshall 15% 5% 10% 70% 20
Mobile 16% 21% 63% 19
Monroe 14% 86% 7
Montgomery 20% 20% 60% 5
Morgan 5% 5% 89% 19
Perry 17% 83% 6
Pickens 9% 91% 11
Pike 14% 86% 7
Randolph 100% 12
Russell 14% 86% 7
Saint Clair 5% 16% 26% 53% 19
Shelby 21% 17% 4% 58% 24
Sumter 12% 88% 8
Talladega 15% 15% 69% 13
Tallapoosa 7% 14% 79% 14
Tuscaloosa 12% 12% 76% 17
Walker 5% 5% 90% 20
Washington 100% 17
Wilcox 100% 6
Winston 10% 90% 10

Firefighter / Personnel Numbers of Alabama

Here the personnel numbers by county for volunteer and career agencies within Alabama.

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Last Updated on June 27, 2023