Central City Fire Station

What This Data Tells You About Central City Fire Station

Central City Fire Station operates as a Volunteer department in Central City, within Sebastian County, and the HIFLD and USFA records give a precise structural picture of its response capacity. The department reports 11 total personnel, no station count on file, no truck inventory reported. EMS capability is listed as unspecified.

Benchmarking against the state gives this profile context. Arkansas has 1,168 registered fire departments and 15,469 total personnel, averaging roughly 13 staff per department. Central City Fire Station runs 15% below that state average, signalling a leaner crew typical of smaller jurisdictions or heavily volunteer-staffed areas. The state records about 20,100 fires, 68 fire deaths, and 71% volunteer coverage each year, which shapes training, funding priorities, and mutual-aid patterns felt at every department in the state.

No FEMA AFG or SAFER grant awards are recorded against this department's FDID in USAspending data, which is common for smaller or volunteer-heavy organizations that lean on state and local funding instead.