Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderJacksonville Fire Department
Jacksonville, AR · Pulaski County. Jacksonville Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 4 stations and 61 total personnel. The department also provides EMS services. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 61
- Total personnel
- 4
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Jacksonville Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Arkansas average.
- Top 11%
- national personnel size
- +369%
- vs. Arkansas average
- 4
- 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.
Jacksonville Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Jacksonville, AR (Pulaski County), with 4 stations and 61 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,504 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,504 of 22,440
- AR personnel rank #17 of 604
- 6.56 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 24 other listed departments in Pulaski County
Jacksonville Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
61 Top 11% higher than 89% 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 60300 · Jacksonville Fire Department, AR 61 personnel · 4 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 61
- STA-FEW 4 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #2,504
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Beechwood Volunte…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Beechwood Volunteer Fire Department, WI (+ 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.
- Jacksonville (this dept) 61
- High Hague Volunteer, NY 61
- Near Beechwood Volunte…, WI 61
- Near McDonald Volunteer, PA 61
- Near Mount Pleasant To…, PA 61
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Jacksonville, AR
- County
- Pulaski County
- FDID
- 60300
Staffing vs the Arkansas average
How Jacksonville Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arkansas. In-state it ranks #17 of 604 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,504 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 4
- State fire deaths/yr
- 68
- AR departments
- 1,168
County roster fringe
Jacksonville Fire Department is 5.3% of Pulaski County roster mass
The county lists 35 departments totaling 1,145 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 11% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
6.56 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 61 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Beechwood Volunteer Fire Department, WI (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 61 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AR department.