Department profile

Career (Paid)

Clinton Volunteer Fire Department

Clinton, AR · Van Buren County. Clinton Volunteer Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 3 stations and 25 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

25
Total personnel
3
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Not reported
EMS service

The verdict

Clinton Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well above the Arkansas average.

41st pct.
national personnel size
+92%
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.

F
PlainFireData Composite Score
7/100
Clinton 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 F
8.3 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
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
25 personnel · 3 stations

Clinton Volunteer Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Clinton, AR (Van Buren County), with 3 stations and 25 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #13,208 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #13,208 of 22,440
  • AR personnel rank #185 of 604
  • 12.00 stations per 100 personnel
  • 17 other listed departments in Van Buren County

Clinton Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

25 Top 59% higher than 41% 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 71001 · Clinton Volunteer Fire Department, AR 25 personnel · 3 stations

PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-UNK · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-SMALL 25
  • STA-FEW 3 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-UNK EMS pending
  • RANK-MID #13,208
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Belmont
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Belmont Fire Department, MS (+ 0 personnel)

Career/paid 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.

Department Profile

Type
PAID
Location
Clinton, AR
FDID
71001

Staffing vs the Arkansas average

How Clinton Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arkansas. In-state it ranks #185 of 604 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #13,208 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 92% above the state average
Stations
3
State fire deaths/yr
68
AR departments
1,168

County staffing outlier

Career (Paid) island in a volunteer-heavy Van Buren County

County mix is mostly volunteer (13 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.

12.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 25 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Belmont Fire Department, MS (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nearby Departments

Bee Branch Volunteer Fire Department
Bee Branch · volunteer
Botkinburg Volunteer Fire Department
Botkinburg · volunteer
Burnt Ridge Fire Department
Shirley · volunteer
Chimes Volunteer Fire Department
Leslie · volunteer
Choctaw Fire Department
Clinton · volunteer
Culpepper Fire Department
Culpepper · volunteer
All AR departments →

Nationwide career peers near 25 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AR department.