Department profile
OtherBlytheville Fire Department
Blytheville, AR · Mississippi County. Blytheville Fire Department is a fire department, 3 stations and 36 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 36
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Blytheville Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount more than double the Arkansas average.
- Top 32%
- national personnel size
- +177%
- vs. Arkansas average
- 3
- 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.
Blytheville Fire Department is a fire department serving Blytheville, AR (Mississippi County), with 3 stations and 36 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #7,228 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #7,228 of 22,440
- AR personnel rank #58 of 604
- 8.33 stations per 100 personnel
- 15 other listed departments in Mississippi County
Blytheville Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
36 Top 32% higher than 68% 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 47300 · Blytheville Fire Department, AR 36 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-UNK · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 36
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-UPPER #7,228
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Cleveland Rural
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Cleveland Rural Fire Department, ND (+ 0 personnel)
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.
Personnel neighbourhood
Nationwide HIFLD headcount poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every AR department.
- Blytheville (this dept) 36
- High Glenville Hill, NY 36
- Near Cleveland Rural, ND 36
- Near Mount Shasta City, CA 36
- Near Sheffield Village, OH 36
Department Profile
- Type
- Location
- Blytheville, AR
- County
- Mississippi County
- FDID
- 47300
Staffing vs the Arkansas average
How Blytheville Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arkansas. In-state it ranks #58 of 604 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,228 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 68
- AR departments
- 1,168
County roster geometry
Mississippi County HIFLD mix around Blytheville Fire Department
Mississippi County: 18 departments, 205 personnel (14 volunteer / 0 career / 1 combination); EMS flag on 0% of departments. County / state rollup.
8.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 36 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Cleveland Rural Fire Department, ND (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide departments near 36 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AR department.