Department profile

Volunteer

Austin Fire Department

Austin, AR · Lonoke County. Austin Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 15 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

15
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Not reported
EMS service

The verdict

Austin Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Arkansas average.

11th pct.
national personnel size
+15%
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.

F
PlainFireData Composite Score
6/100
Austin Fire Department

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.

Staffing capacity F
7.5 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
15 personnel · 2 stations

Austin Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Austin, AR (Lonoke County), with 2 stations and 15 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #19,938 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #19,938 of 22,440
  • AR personnel rank #455 of 604
  • 13.33 stations per 100 personnel
  • 18 other listed departments in Lonoke County

Austin Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

15 Top 89% higher than 11% 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 43000 · Austin Fire Department, AR 15 personnel · 2 stations

PERS-MICRO · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-MICRO 15
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-UNK EMS pending
  • RANK-LOWER #19,938
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Caneyville Volunt…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Caneyville Volunteer Fire Department, KY (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Austin, AR
FDID
43000

Staffing vs the Arkansas average

How Austin Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arkansas. In-state it ranks #455 of 604 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #19,938 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 15% above the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
68
AR departments
1,168

County roster fringe

Austin Fire Department is 6.1% of Lonoke County roster mass

The county lists 22 departments totaling 244 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 0% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

13.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 15 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Caneyville Volunteer Fire Department, KY (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nationwide volunteer peers near 15 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AR department.