Department profile

Volunteer

Cato Volunteer Fire Department

Sherwood, AR · Faulkner County. Cato Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

Not reported
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Not reported
EMS service
F
PlainFireData Composite Score
0/100
Cato Volunteer 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
No station count on file for this department
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
Volunteer department profile

Cato Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Sherwood, AR (Faulkner County). According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $190,000.

  • 19 other listed departments in Faulkner County

Dispatch plate

Sheet 23305 · Cato Volunteer Fire Department, AR personnel n/a

PERS-UNK · STA-UNK · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-UNK · GAP-UNK · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-UNK Staff pending
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-UNK EMS pending
  • RANK-UNK Rank pending
  • GAP-UNK Gap pending
  • FEMA-LIGHT $190K
  • BOOK-PART 2/5 fields

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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Sherwood, AR
FDID
23305

FEMA Grant History

$190K
Cumulative funding (FY2013)
1
Awards
Year Award Amount
2013 EMW2012FV02896 $190,000

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

County roster geometry

Faulkner County HIFLD mix around Cato Volunteer Fire Department

Faulkner County: 22 departments, 392 personnel (16 volunteer / 2 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 0% of departments. County / state rollup.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Cato Volunteer Fire Department have?

Personnel data for Cato Volunteer Fire Department is not available in the HIFLD database.

Does Cato Volunteer Fire Department provide EMS services?

EMS capability is not specified for Cato Volunteer Fire Department in the HIFLD database.

How many fire stations does Cato Volunteer Fire Department operate?

Station count data for Cato Volunteer Fire Department is not available in the HIFLD database.

What type of fire department is Cato Volunteer Fire Department?

Cato Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Faulkner County, AR. Volunteer departments rely on community members who serve without full-time compensation.

Has Cato Volunteer Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Cato Volunteer Fire Department has received 1 FEMA grant totaling $190,000 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2013 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2013.

How many fire departments are in Arkansas?

Arkansas has 1,168 fire departments with 15,469 total personnel. 71% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Verify with USFA/FEMA →

HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.