Department profile
VolunteerBotkinburg Volunteer Fire Department
Botkinburg, AR · Van Buren County. Botkinburg Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 37 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 37
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Botkinburg Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount more than double the Arkansas average.
- Top 31%
- national personnel size
- +185%
- 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.
Botkinburg Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Botkinburg, AR (Van Buren County), with 1 station and 37 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,941 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #6,941 of 22,440
- AR personnel rank #52 of 604
- 2.70 stations per 100 personnel
- 17 other listed departments in Van Buren County
Botkinburg Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
37 Top 31% higher than 69% 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 71014 · Botkinburg Volunteer Fire Department, AR 37 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 37
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-UPPER #6,941
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Greenland Volunte…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Greenland Volunteer Fire Department, NH (+ 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.
- Botkinburg Volunt… (this dept) 37
- High Washington Townsh…, OH 37
- Near Greenland Volunte…, NH 37
- Near Hampstead Fire Re…, NH 37
- Near Candia Fire Rescu…, NH 37
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Botkinburg, AR
- County
- Van Buren County
- FDID
- 71014
Staffing vs the Arkansas average
How Botkinburg Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arkansas. In-state it ranks #52 of 604 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,941 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 weight
Botkinburg Volunteer Fire Department carries 27.0% of Van Buren County HIFLD personnel
Among 21 listed departments (137 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 62% of the county count. County / state rollup.
2.70 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 37 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Greenland Volunteer Fire Department, NH (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 37 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AR department.