Department profile
CombinationHeber Springs Volunteer Fire Department
Heber Springs, AR · Cleburne County. Heber Springs Volunteer Fire Department is a Combination department, 3 stations and 30 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 30
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Heber Springs Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount more than double the Arkansas average.
- Top 46%
- national personnel size
- +131%
- 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.
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.
Heber Springs Volunteer Fire Department is a Combination department serving Heber Springs, AR (Cleburne County), with 3 stations and 30 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #10,230 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #10,230 of 22,440
- AR personnel rank #115 of 604
- 10.00 stations per 100 personnel
- 11 other listed departments in Cleburne County
Heber Springs Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
30 Top 46% higher than 54% 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 12600 · Heber Springs Volunteer Fire Department, AR 30 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-COMB · EMS-UNK · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 30
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-COMB Combination
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-MID #10,230
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Possumtown Volunt…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Possumtown Volunteer Fire Company, NJ (+ 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.
- Heber Springs Vol… (this dept) 30
- High Masonville, NY 30
- Near Possumtown Volunt…, NJ 30
- Near Yuma County Fire…, CO 30
- Near Arkville Volunteer, NY 30
Department Profile
- Type
- COMBINATION
- Location
- Heber Springs, AR
- County
- Cleburne County
- FDID
- 12600
Staffing vs the Arkansas average
How Heber Springs Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arkansas. In-state it ranks #115 of 604 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #10,230 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 68
- AR departments
- 1,168
County staffing outlier
Combination island in a volunteer-heavy Cleburne County
County mix is mostly volunteer (11 volunteer / 0 career / 1 combination), while this page is typed combination. County / state rollup.
10.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 30 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Possumtown Volunteer Fire Company, NJ (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide combination-staffed peers near 30 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AR department.