Department profile
Career (Paid)Fort Smith Fire Department
Fort Smith, AR · Sebastian County. Fort Smith Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 10 stations and 128 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 128
- Total personnel
- 10
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Fort Smith Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Arkansas average.
- Top 3%
- national personnel size
- +885%
- vs. Arkansas average
- 10
- stations
- $1,347,428
- FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record
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.
Fort Smith Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Fort Smith, AR (Sebastian County), with 10 stations and 128 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #582 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $1,347,428.
- National personnel rank #582 of 22,440
- AR personnel rank #4 of 604
- 7.81 stations per 100 personnel
- 19 other listed departments in Sebastian County
Fort Smith Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
128 Top 3% higher than 97% 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 66600 · Fort Smith Fire Department, AR 128 personnel · 10 stations
PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-UNK · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 128
- STA-MULTI 10 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-TOP #582
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Springfield Towns…
- FEMA-MID $1.3M
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Springfield Township Fire Department, OH (+ 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.
- Fort Smith (this dept) 128
- High Elkhart Fire Depa…, IN 128
- Near Springfield Towns…, OH 128
- Near West Stanislaus C…, CA 128
- Near San Diego Rural F…, CA 128
Department Profile
- Type
- PAID
- Location
- Fort Smith, AR
- County
- Sebastian County
- FDID
- 66600
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | EMW-2024-FG-00911 | $691,636.36 |
| 2014 | EMW2013FO00789 | $655,792 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Arkansas average
How Fort Smith Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arkansas. In-state it ranks #4 of 604 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #582 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 10
- State fire deaths/yr
- 68
- AR departments
- 1,168
County roster weight
Fort Smith Fire Department carries 26.2% of Sebastian County HIFLD personnel
Among 21 listed departments (488 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 81% of the county count. County / state rollup.
7.81 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (10 stations / 128 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Springfield Township Fire Department, OH (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 128 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AR department.