Department profile
Career (Paid)Fayetteville Fire Department
Fayetteville, AR · Washington County. Fayetteville Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 6 stations and 101 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 101
- Total personnel
- 6
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Fayetteville Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Arkansas average.
- Top 4%
- national personnel size
- +677%
- vs. Arkansas average
- 6
- 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.
Fayetteville Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Fayetteville, AR (Washington County), with 6 stations and 101 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #906 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #906 of 22,440
- AR personnel rank #5 of 604
- 5.94 stations per 100 personnel
- 26 other listed departments in Washington County
Fayetteville Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
101 Top 4% higher than 96% 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 72600 · Fayetteville Fire Department, AR 101 personnel · 6 stations
PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-UNK · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-MID 101
- STA-MULTI 6 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-TOP #906
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Ventura City
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Ventura City Fire Department, CA (+ 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.
- Fayetteville (this dept) 101
- High Hagerman, NY 101
- Near Ventura City, CA 101
- Near City of Bloomingt…, IN 101
- Near North Lindenhurst…, NY 101
Department Profile
- Type
- PAID
- Location
- Fayetteville, AR
- County
- Washington County
- FDID
- 72600
Staffing vs the Arkansas average
How Fayetteville Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arkansas. In-state it ranks #5 of 604 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #906 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 6
- State fire deaths/yr
- 68
- AR departments
- 1,168
County staffing outlier
Career (Paid) island in a volunteer-heavy Washington County
County mix is mostly volunteer (13 volunteer / 3 career / 2 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.
5.94 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (6 stations / 101 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Ventura City Fire Department, CA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 101 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AR department.