Department profile
VolunteerBradford Fire Department
Bradford, AR · White County. Bradford Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 23 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 23
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Bradford Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well above the Arkansas average.
- 33rd pct.
- national personnel size
- +77%
- 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.
Bradford Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Bradford, AR (White County), with 3 stations and 23 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #14,938 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #14,938 of 22,440
- AR personnel rank #231 of 604
- 13.04 stations per 100 personnel
- 33 other listed departments in White County
Bradford Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
23 Top 67% higher than 33% 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 73002 · Bradford Fire Department, AR 23 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 23
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-LOWER #14,938
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Lone Oak
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Lone Oak Fire Department, KY (+ 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.
- Bradford (this dept) 23
- High Conesville Volunt…, IA 23
- Near Lone Oak, KY 23
- Near Rock Township Fir…, WI 23
- Near Shelby County, OH 23
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Bradford, AR
- County
- White County
- FDID
- 73002
Staffing vs the Arkansas average
How Bradford Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arkansas. In-state it ranks #231 of 604 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #14,938 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 fringe
Bradford Fire Department is 5.2% of White County roster mass
The county lists 36 departments totaling 441 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 0% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
13.04 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 23 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Lone Oak Fire Department, KY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 23 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AR department.