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Blytheville 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.

F
PlainFireData Composite Score
10/100
Blytheville 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 F
12 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
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
36 personnel · 3 stations

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.

Department Profile

Type
Location
Blytheville, AR
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.

▲ 177% above the state average
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).

Nationwide departments near 36 personnel

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