Department profile
VolunteerBirdsong Rural Volunteer Fire Department
Tyronza, AR · Mississippi County. Birdsong Rural Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 9 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 9
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Birdsong Rural Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Arkansas average.
- 2nd pct.
- national personnel size
- -31%
- vs. Arkansas average
- 1
- station
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.
Birdsong Rural Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Tyronza, AR (Mississippi County), with 1 station and 9 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #22,091 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #22,091 of 22,440
- AR personnel rank #594 of 604
- 11.11 stations per 100 personnel
- 15 other listed departments in Mississippi County
Birdsong Rural Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
9 Top 98% higher than 2% 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 47304 · Birdsong Rural Volunteer Fire Department, AR 9 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-MICRO 9
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-LOWER #22,091
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Mount Shasta Vist…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Mount Shasta Vista Volunteer Fire Company, CA (+ 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.
- Birdsong Rural Vo… (this dept) 9
- High North Sabine Fire…, LA 9
- Near Mount Shasta Vist…, CA 9
- Near Marshall Township…, IN 9
- Near Diamondhead-Lone…, OK 9
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Tyronza, AR
- County
- Mississippi County
- FDID
- 47304
Staffing vs the Arkansas average
How Birdsong Rural Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arkansas. In-state it ranks #594 of 604 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #22,091 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 68
- AR departments
- 1,168
County roster fringe
Birdsong Rural Volunteer Fire Department is 4.4% of Mississippi County roster mass
The county lists 18 departments totaling 205 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 0% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
11.11 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 9 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Mount Shasta Vista Volunteer Fire Company, CA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 9 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AR department.