Department profile
VolunteerBarling Volunteer Fire Department
Barling, AR · Sebastian County. Barling Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 50 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 50
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Barling Volunteer Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Arkansas average.
- Top 17%
- national personnel size
- +285%
- 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.
Barling Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Barling, AR (Sebastian County), with 2 stations and 50 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,790 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #3,790 of 22,440
- AR personnel rank #24 of 604
- 4.00 stations per 100 personnel
- 19 other listed departments in Sebastian County
Barling Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
50 Top 17% higher than 83% 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 66000 · Barling Volunteer Fire Department, AR 50 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-MID 50
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-UPPER #3,790
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Valentine Volunte…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Valentine Volunteer Fire Department, NE (+ 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.
- Barling Volunteer (this dept) 50
- High Scottdale Volunte…, PA 50
- Near Valentine Volunte…, NE 50
- Near Boltonville Volun…, WI 50
- Near Kewaskum, WI 50
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Barling, AR
- County
- Sebastian County
- FDID
- 66000
Staffing vs the Arkansas average
How Barling Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arkansas. In-state it ranks #24 of 604 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,790 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 geometry
Sebastian County HIFLD mix around Barling Volunteer Fire Department
Sebastian County: 21 departments, 488 personnel (17 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 5% of departments. County / state rollup.
4.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 50 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Valentine Volunteer Fire Department, NE (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 50 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AR department.