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Big Creek Fire Department

Charleston, AR · Sebastian County. Big Creek Fire Department is a fire department. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

Not reported
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service
F
PlainFireData Composite Score
0/100
Big Creek 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
No station count on file for this department
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
Other department profile

Big Creek Fire Department is a fire department serving Charleston, AR (Sebastian County). According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $225,388.

  • 19 other listed departments in Sebastian County

Dispatch plate

Sheet AR-BIG-CREEK-FIRE-DEPARTMENT-AR · Big Creek Fire Department, AR personnel n/a

PERS-UNK · STA-UNK · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-N · RANK-UNK · GAP-UNK · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-UNK Staff pending
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-UNK Rank pending
  • GAP-UNK Gap pending
  • FEMA-LIGHT $225K
  • BOOK-PART 2/5 fields

Instrument codes from this department’s HIFLD personnel and station counts, staffing type, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer department, FEMA AFG/SAFER book, and field completeness, not a readiness rating.

Department Profile

Type
Location
Charleston, AR

FEMA Grant History

$225K
Cumulative funding (FY2009)
1
Awards
Year Award Amount
2009 EMW-2009-FV-0211 $225,388

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

County roster geometry

Sebastian County HIFLD mix around Big Creek Fire Department

Sebastian County: 21 departments, 488 personnel (17 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 5% of departments. County / state rollup.

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Fort Smith Fire Department
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Greenwood Rural Fire Department
Greenwood · volunteer
Greenwood Volunteer Fire Department
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Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Big Creek Fire Department have?

Personnel data for Big Creek Fire Department is not available in the HIFLD database.

Does Big Creek Fire Department provide EMS services?

Big Creek Fire Department is not listed as providing EMS in the HIFLD record. Contact local emergency services to confirm which agency covers medical calls.

How many fire stations does Big Creek Fire Department operate?

Station count data for Big Creek Fire Department is not available in the HIFLD database.

What type of fire department is Big Creek Fire Department?

Big Creek Fire Department is a fire department serving Sebastian County, AR.

Has Big Creek Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Big Creek Fire Department has received 1 FEMA grant totaling $225,388 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2009 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2009.

How many fire departments are in Arkansas?

Arkansas has 1,168 fire departments with 15,469 total personnel. 71% are volunteer departments.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Verify with USFA/FEMA →

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