Department profile
CombinationCamden Fire
Camden, AR · Ouachita County. Camden Fire is a Combination department, 3 stations and 44 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 44
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Camden Fire pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Arkansas average.
- Top 23%
- national personnel size
- +238%
- 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.
Camden Fire is a Combination department serving Camden, AR (Ouachita County), with 3 stations and 44 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #5,097 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #5,097 of 22,440
- AR personnel rank #32 of 604
- 6.82 stations per 100 personnel
- 12 other listed departments in Ouachita County
Camden Fire vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
44 Top 23% higher than 77% 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 52300 · Camden Fire, AR 44 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-COMB · EMS-UNK · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 44
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-COMB Combination
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-UPPER #5,097
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Fire Island Pines…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Fire Island Pines Volunteer Fire Department, NY (+ 0 personnel)
Combination-staffed 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.
- Camden Fire (this dept) 44
- High Dinuba, CA 44
- Near Fire Island Pines…, NY 44
- Near Smallwood-Mongaup…, NY 44
- Near Tioga Rural Volun…, ND 44
Department Profile
- Type
- COMBINATION
- Location
- Camden, AR
- County
- Ouachita County
- FDID
- 52300
Staffing vs the Arkansas average
How Camden Fire's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arkansas. In-state it ranks #32 of 604 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #5,097 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 weight
Camden Fire carries 28.0% of Ouachita County HIFLD personnel
Among 18 listed departments (157 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 67% of the county count. County / state rollup.
6.82 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 44 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Fire Island Pines Volunteer Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide combination-staffed peers near 44 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AR department.