Department profile
CombinationForrest City Fire Department
Forrest City, AR · St Francis County. Forrest City Fire Department is a Combination department, 1 station and 26 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 26
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Forrest City Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount more than double the Arkansas average.
- 44th pct.
- national personnel size
- +100%
- vs. Arkansas average
- 1
- station
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.
Forrest City Fire Department is a Combination department serving Forrest City, AR (St Francis County), with 1 station and 26 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #12,557 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #12,557 of 22,440
- AR personnel rank #171 of 604
- 3.85 stations per 100 personnel
- 7 other listed departments in St Francis County
Forrest City Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
26 Top 56% higher than 44% 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 62303 · Forrest City Fire Department, AR 26 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-COMB · EMS-UNK · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 26
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-COMB Combination
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-MID #12,557
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Monroe Tri-Commun…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Monroe Tri-Community Volunteer Fire Department, TN (+ 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.
- Forrest City (this dept) 26
- High Pella, IA 26
- Near Monroe Tri-Commun…, TN 26
- Near Rocky Ridge Volun…, OH 26
- Near Potter Volunteer…, NY 26
Department Profile
- Type
- COMBINATION
- Location
- Forrest City, AR
- County
- St Francis County
- FDID
- 62303
Staffing vs the Arkansas average
How Forrest City Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arkansas. In-state it ranks #171 of 604 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #12,557 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 68
- AR departments
- 1,168
County roster weight
Forrest City Fire Department carries 38.2% of St Francis County HIFLD personnel
Among 8 listed departments (68 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 88% of the county count. County / state rollup.
3.85 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 26 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Monroe Tri-Community Volunteer Fire Department, TN (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide combination-staffed peers near 26 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AR department.