Department profile

Career (Paid)

Harrison Fire Department

Harrison, AR · Boone County. Harrison Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 3 stations and 46 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

46
Total personnel
3
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Not reported
EMS service

The verdict

Harrison Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Arkansas average.

Top 21%
national personnel size
+254%
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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
23/100
Harrison 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 D
15.3 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
46 personnel · 3 stations

Harrison Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Harrison, AR (Boone County), with 3 stations and 46 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,605 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #4,605 of 22,440
  • AR personnel rank #27 of 604
  • 6.52 stations per 100 personnel
  • 14 other listed departments in Boone County

Harrison Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

46 Top 21% higher than 79% 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 05300 · Harrison Fire Department, AR 46 personnel · 3 stations

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

  • PERS-SMALL 46
  • STA-FEW 3 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-UNK EMS pending
  • RANK-UPPER #4,605
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Alcoa
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Alcoa Fire Department, TN (+ 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
Harrison, AR
FDID
05300

Staffing vs the Arkansas average

How Harrison Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arkansas. In-state it ranks #27 of 604 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,605 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 254% 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 Boone County

County mix is mostly volunteer (12 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.

6.52 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 46 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Alcoa Fire Department, TN (+0 personnel).

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

Nearby Departments

Alpena Fire Department
Alpena · volunteer
Bergman Fire
Harrison · volunteer
Bergman Fire Department
Harrison · other
Capps-Batavia Fire Department
Harrison · volunteer
Cottonwood Fire Department
Harrison · volunteer
Diamond City Fire Station
Diamond City · volunteer
Harmon Fire Department
Harrison · volunteer
Hill Top Fire Department
Harrison · volunteer
All AR departments →

Nationwide career peers near 46 personnel

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