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Bell Arthur Volunteer Fire Department

Bell Arthur, NC · Pitt County. Bell Arthur Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 46 total personnel. The department also provides EMS services. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

46
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Bell Arthur Volunteer Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the North Carolina average.

Top 20%
national personnel size
+77%
vs. North Carolina average
1
station
$722,938
FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record

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.

B
PlainFireData Composite Score
75/100
Bell Arthur Volunteer 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 A
46 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment C
$15,716 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
46 personnel · 1 station

Bell Arthur Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Bell Arthur, NC (Pitt County), with 1 station and 46 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,552 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $722,938.

  • National personnel rank #4,552 of 22,440
  • NC personnel rank #196 of 932
  • 2.17 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 26 other listed departments in Pitt County

Bell Arthur Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

46 Top 20% higher than 80% 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 07452 · Bell Arthur Volunteer Fire Department, NC 46 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 46
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #4,552
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Maplewood
  • FEMA-MID $723K
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Maplewood Fire Department, NJ (+ 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 NC department.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Bell Arthur, NC
FDID
07452

FEMA Grant History

$723K
Cumulative funding (FY2017–2022)
3
Awards
Year Award Amount
2022 EMW-2022-FF-01831 $423,232
2017 EMW2016FO03142 $178,786
2017 EMW-2017-FF-00167 $120,920

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the North Carolina average

How Bell Arthur Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in North Carolina. In-state it ranks #196 of 932 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,552 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 77% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
131
NC departments
1,534

County roster fringe

Bell Arthur Volunteer Fire Department is 5.6% of Pitt County roster mass

The county lists 28 departments totaling 819 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 43% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

2.17 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 46 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Maplewood Fire Department, NJ (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Ayden Fire Department
Ayden · volunteer
Belvoir Fire Department
Greenville · volunteer
Black Jack Volunteer Fire Department
Greenville · volunteer
Eastern Pines Fire Department
Greenville · other
Falkland Fire Department
Falkland · volunteer
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Nationwide volunteer peers near 46 personnel

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

Maplewood Fire Department, NJ 46 Holland Township Fire Department, MI 46 Edgewater Department of Fire Rescue, FL 46 Rolla Rural Fire Protection Association - North, MO 46 New Ulm Fire Department Main Station, MN 46 Voluntown Fire Department, CT 46 Johnson Fire Department, VT 46 North Madison Volunteer Fire Company, CT 46

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Bell Arthur Volunteer Fire Department have?

Bell Arthur Volunteer Fire Department has 46 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 77% above the North Carolina average of 26 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #4,552 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within NC, it ranks #196 of 932 by personnel.

Does Bell Arthur Volunteer Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, Bell Arthur Volunteer Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Bell Arthur Volunteer Fire Department operate?

Bell Arthur Volunteer Fire Department operates 1 fire station.

What type of fire department is Bell Arthur Volunteer Fire Department?

Bell Arthur Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Pitt County, NC. Volunteer departments rely on community members who serve without full-time compensation.

Has Bell Arthur Volunteer Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Bell Arthur Volunteer Fire Department has received 3 FEMA grants totaling $722,938 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2017–2022 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2022.

How many fire departments are in North Carolina?

North Carolina has 1,534 fire departments with 40,350 total personnel. 57% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.