Department profile
Career (Paid)Helena Fire Department
Helena, AR · Phillips County. Helena Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 15 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 15
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Helena Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Arkansas average.
- 10th pct.
- national personnel size
- +15%
- 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.
Helena Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Helena, AR (Phillips County), with 1 station and 15 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #20,196 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #20,196 of 22,440
- AR personnel rank #473 of 604
- 6.67 stations per 100 personnel
- 11 other listed departments in Phillips County
Helena Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
15 Top 90% higher than 10% 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 54300 · Helena Fire Department, AR 15 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-UNK · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-MICRO 15
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-LOWER #20,196
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Mary D Fire Compa…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Mary D Fire Company Incorporated, PA (+ 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.
- Helena (this dept) 15
- High Pope Volunteer, MS 15
- Near Mary D Fire Compa…, PA 15
- Near Newtown Volunteer…, PA 15
- Near Good Intent Fire…, PA 15
Department Profile
- Type
- PAID
- Location
- Helena, AR
- County
- Phillips County
- FDID
- 54300
Staffing vs the Arkansas average
How Helena Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arkansas. In-state it ranks #473 of 604 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #20,196 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 68
- AR departments
- 1,168
County staffing outlier
Career (Paid) island in a volunteer-heavy Phillips County
County mix is mostly volunteer (9 volunteer / 1 career / 1 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.
6.67 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 15 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Mary D Fire Company Incorporated, PA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 15 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AR department.