Department profile
CombinationBatesville Fire
Batesville, AR · Independence County. Batesville Fire is a Combination department, 2 stations and 27 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 27
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Batesville Fire pairs modest national personnel with a headcount more than double the Arkansas average.
- 47th pct.
- national personnel size
- +108%
- 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.
Batesville Fire is a Combination department serving Batesville, AR (Independence County), with 2 stations and 27 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #11,928 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #11,928 of 22,440
- AR personnel rank #155 of 604
- 7.41 stations per 100 personnel
- 18 other listed departments in Independence County
Batesville Fire vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
27 Top 53% higher than 47% 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 32301 · Batesville Fire, AR 27 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-COMB · EMS-UNK · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 27
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-COMB Combination
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-MID #11,928
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Liberty Township
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Liberty Township Fire Department, OH (+ 0 personnel)
Combination-staffed 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.
- Batesville Fire (this dept) 27
- High Tallulah, LA 27
- Near Liberty Township, OH 27
- Near Jackson, MN 27
- Near Hayti, SD 27
Department Profile
- Type
- COMBINATION
- Location
- Batesville, AR
- County
- Independence County
- FDID
- 32301
Staffing vs the Arkansas average
How Batesville Fire's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arkansas. In-state it ranks #155 of 604 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #11,928 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
Batesville Fire is 9.0% of Independence County roster mass
The county lists 19 departments totaling 299 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 0% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
7.41 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 27 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Liberty Township Fire Department, OH (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide combination-staffed peers near 27 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AR department.