Department profile

Volunteer

Fountain Lake Fire Department

Hot Springs National Park, AR · Garland County. Fountain Lake Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 24 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

24
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Fountain Lake Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well above the Arkansas average.

36th pct.
national personnel size
+85%
vs. Arkansas average
2
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
10/100
Fountain Lake 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
12 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
24 personnel · 2 stations

Fountain Lake Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Hot Springs National Park, AR (Garland County), with 2 stations and 24 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #14,414 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #14,414 of 22,440
  • AR personnel rank #219 of 604
  • 8.33 stations per 100 personnel
  • 12 other listed departments in Garland County

Fountain Lake Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

24 Top 64% higher than 36% 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 26000 · Fountain Lake Fire Department, AR 24 personnel · 2 stations

PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 24
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-LOWER #14,414
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Ipswich Volunteer
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Ipswich Volunteer Fire Department, SD (+ 0 personnel)

Volunteer 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
VOLUNTEER
Location
Hot Springs National Park, AR
FDID
26000

Staffing vs the Arkansas average

How Fountain Lake Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arkansas. In-state it ranks #219 of 604 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #14,414 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 85% above the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
68
AR departments
1,168

County roster fringe

Fountain Lake Fire Department is 7.0% of Garland County roster mass

The county lists 18 departments totaling 344 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 0% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

8.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 24 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Ipswich Volunteer Fire Department, SD (+0 personnel).

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

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 24 personnel

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