Department profile

Career (Paid)

Hot Springs Fire Department

Hot Springs, AR · Garland County. Hot Springs Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 5 stations and 78 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

78
Total personnel
5
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Not reported
EMS service

The verdict

Hot Springs Fire Department pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Arkansas average.

Top 7%
national personnel size
+500%
vs. Arkansas average
5
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
24/100
Hot Springs 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
15.6 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
78 personnel · 5 stations

Hot Springs Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Hot Springs, AR (Garland County), with 5 stations and 78 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,554 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #1,554 of 22,440
  • AR personnel rank #12 of 604
  • 6.41 stations per 100 personnel
  • 12 other listed departments in Garland County

Hot Springs Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

78 Top 7% higher than 93% 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 26600 · Hot Springs Fire Department, AR 78 personnel · 5 stations

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

  • PERS-MID 78
  • STA-FEW 5 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-UNK EMS pending
  • RANK-TOP #1,554
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Concordville Fire…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Concordville Fire and Protective Association, 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.

Department Profile

Type
PAID
Location
Hot Springs, AR
FDID
26600

Staffing vs the Arkansas average

How Hot Springs Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arkansas. In-state it ranks #12 of 604 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,554 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 500% above the state average
Stations
5
State fire deaths/yr
68
AR departments
1,168

County staffing outlier

Career (Paid) island in a volunteer-heavy Garland County

County mix is mostly volunteer (9 volunteer / 1 career / 1 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.

6.41 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (5 stations / 78 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Concordville Fire and Protective Association, PA (+0 personnel).

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

Nearby Departments

Buckville Volunteer Fire
Jessieville · volunteer
Buckville Volunteer Fire Department
Mountain Pine · other
Fountain Lake Fire Department
Hot Springs National Park · volunteer
Hot Springs Village Fire Department - Desoto Station
Hot Springs Village · combination
Jessieville Fire Department
Jessieville · volunteer
Lake Hamilton Fire Department
Hot Springs · volunteer
Lonsdale Fire Department
Lonsdale · volunteer
Morning Star Fire Department
Hot Springs · volunteer
All AR departments →

Nationwide career peers near 78 personnel

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