Department profile
VolunteerBryant Fire Department
Bryant, AR · Saline County. Bryant Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 40 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 40
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Bryant Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount more than double the Arkansas average.
- Top 26%
- national personnel size
- +208%
- vs. Arkansas average
- 3
- stations
- $363,636
- FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record
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.
Bryant Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Bryant, AR (Saline County), with 3 stations and 40 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #5,899 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $363,636.
- National personnel rank #5,899 of 22,440
- AR personnel rank #41 of 604
- 7.50 stations per 100 personnel
- 22 other listed departments in Saline County
Bryant Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
40 Top 26% higher than 74% 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 63002 · Bryant Fire Department, AR 40 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 40
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-UPPER #5,899
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Roscoe Volunteer
- FEMA-LIGHT $364K
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Roscoe Volunteer Fire Department, PA (+ 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.
- Bryant (this dept) 40
- High Glade Volunteer, PA 40
- Near Roscoe Volunteer, PA 40
- Near New London, NH 40
- Near Youngsville Volun…, PA 40
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Bryant, AR
- County
- Saline County
- FDID
- 63002
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | EMW-2024-FG-02272 | $363,636.36 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Arkansas average
How Bryant Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arkansas. In-state it ranks #41 of 604 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #5,899 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
Bryant Fire Department is 9.3% of Saline County roster mass
The county lists 32 departments totaling 429 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 3% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
7.50 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 40 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Roscoe Volunteer Fire Department, PA (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 40 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AR department.