Department profile
Career (Paid)Benton Fire Department
Benton, AR · Saline County. Benton Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 4 stations and 55 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 55
- Total personnel
- 4
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Benton Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Arkansas average.
- Top 14%
- national personnel size
- +323%
- vs. Arkansas average
- 4
- stations
- $1,195,201
- 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.
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.
Benton Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Benton, AR (Saline County), with 4 stations and 55 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,086 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $1,195,201.
- National personnel rank #3,086 of 22,440
- AR personnel rank #21 of 604
- 7.27 stations per 100 personnel
- 22 other listed departments in Saline County
Benton Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
55 Top 14% higher than 86% 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 63600 · Benton Fire Department, AR 55 personnel · 4 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-UNK · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 55
- STA-FEW 4 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-UPPER #3,086
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Glad Valley
- FEMA-MID $1.2M
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Glad Valley Fire Department, SD (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid 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.
- Benton (this dept) 55
- High Mount Pleasant To…, PA 55
- Near Glad Valley, SD 55
- Near Elrama Volunteer, PA 55
- Near Seward Volunteer, PA 55
Department Profile
- Type
- PAID
- Location
- Benton, AR
- County
- Saline County
- FDID
- 63600
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | EMW2015FH00045 | $882,320 |
| 2015 | EMW2014FO02637 | $312,881 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Arkansas average
How Benton Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arkansas. In-state it ranks #21 of 604 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,086 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 4
- State fire deaths/yr
- 68
- AR departments
- 1,168
County staffing outlier
Career (Paid) island in a volunteer-heavy Saline County
County mix is mostly volunteer (16 volunteer / 1 career / 1 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.
7.27 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 55 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Glad Valley Fire Department, SD (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 55 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AR department.