Department profile
VolunteerAshdown Fire Department
Ashdown, AR · Little River County. Ashdown Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 21 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 21
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Ashdown Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well above the Arkansas average.
- 28th pct.
- national personnel size
- +62%
- vs. Arkansas 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.
Ashdown Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Ashdown, AR (Little River County), with 2 stations and 21 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #16,103 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #16,103 of 22,440
- AR personnel rank #273 of 604
- 9.52 stations per 100 personnel
- 15 other listed departments in Little River County
Ashdown Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
21 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 41000 · Ashdown Fire Department, AR 21 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 21
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-LOWER #16,103
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Nassau Oak Volunt…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Nassau Oak Volunteer Fire Department, FL (+ 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 AR department.
- Ashdown (this dept) 21
- High Lake Benton, MN 21
- Near Nassau Oak Volunt…, FL 21
- Near Mingo Junction, OH 21
- Near Pine Creek Indepe…, PA 21
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Ashdown, AR
- County
- Little River County
- FDID
- 41000
Staffing vs the Arkansas average
How Ashdown Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arkansas. In-state it ranks #273 of 604 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #16,103 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 68
- AR departments
- 1,168
County roster fringe
Ashdown Fire Department is 9.9% of Little River County roster mass
The county lists 18 departments totaling 213 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 6% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
9.52 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 21 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Nassau Oak Volunteer Fire Department, FL (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 21 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AR department.