Alabama

Data confidence: moderate (75/100)

Overall Fireground Index

Higher score = lower civilian fire-death rate.

Fire-death rate (5-year): 1.85; per 100,000 residents / yr
Civilian fire deaths: 478; 2021-2025 total
Population: 5,157,699; U.S. Census (2024)
Public sources: 2; 3 metrics used · 4 unavailable

Every value is drawn from an authoritative public source. The Overall score normalizes the one fire metric that is genuinely comparable across all counties — the civilian fire-death rate (Alabama State Fire Marshal's Office counts, per Census population). Where counties publish incident/response figures, we show them as sourced context; where no public source exists, we say so. Data Confidence reflects how much verifiable public evidence backs each county.

County-equivalents

67 counties

Confidence mix

0·63·4

high · moderate · limited

With incident data

counties publishing responses

County rankings

Alabama counties by Overall Fireground Index

Ranked by the normalized civilian fire-death rate — the one comparable metric. Confidence flags where small counts or sparse reporting make a county's profile less certain. Select a county for its full evidence profile.

Alabama counties ranked by Overall Fireground Index, with fire-death rate, five-year deaths, and data confidence.
Rank	County	Index	Fire-death rate	Deaths (5yr)	Confidence
1	Bullock County9,901 pop.	75	0.00	0	limited
2	Fayette County15,863 pop.	75	0.00	0	limited
3	Greene County7,127 pop.	75	0.00	0	limited
4	Macon County18,159 pop.	75	0.00	0	limited
5	Tuscaloosa County241,212 pop.	73	0.25	3	moderate
6	Lee County187,847 pop.	72	0.32	3	moderate
7	Chambers County33,813 pop.	70	0.59	1	moderate
8	Shelby County235,969 pop.	70	0.51	6	moderate
9	Coffee County56,358 pop.	68	0.71	2	moderate
10	Cullman County92,604 pop.	67	0.86	4	moderate
11	Elmore County91,042 pop.	67	0.88	4	moderate
12	Houston County109,366 pop.	67	0.91	5	moderate
13	Autauga County61,464 pop.	66	0.98	3	moderate
14	Baldwin County261,608 pop.	66	0.99	13	moderate
15	Madison County423,355 pop.	66	0.94	20	moderate
16	Pike County33,124 pop.	64	1.21	2	moderate
17	Blount County60,163 pop.	63	1.33	4	moderate
18	Geneva County27,259 pop.	62	1.47	2	moderate
19	Jefferson County664,744 pop.	62	1.47	49	moderate
20	Morgan County126,084 pop.	62	1.43	9	moderate
21	Limestone County118,942 pop.	61	1.51	9	moderate
22	Choctaw County12,052 pop.	60	1.66	1	moderate
23	Etowah County103,207 pop.	59	1.74	9	moderate
24	Franklin County31,874 pop.	58	1.88	3	moderate
25	Mobile County412,339 pop.	57	1.99	41	moderate

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