Department profile
Career (Paid)Jonesboro Fire
Jonesboro, AR · Craighead County. Jonesboro Fire is a Career (Paid) department, 6 stations and 86 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 86
- Total personnel
- 6
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Jonesboro Fire pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Arkansas average.
- Top 6%
- national personnel size
- +562%
- vs. Arkansas average
- 6
- 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.
Jonesboro Fire is a Career (Paid) department serving Jonesboro, AR (Craighead County), with 6 stations and 86 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,268 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #1,268 of 22,440
- AR personnel rank #10 of 604
- 6.98 stations per 100 personnel
- 15 other listed departments in Craighead County
Jonesboro Fire vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
86 Top 6% higher than 94% 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 16600 · Jonesboro Fire, AR 86 personnel · 6 stations
PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-UNK · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-MID 86
- STA-MULTI 6 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-TOP #1,268
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Lake Placid Volun…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Lake Placid Volunteer Fire Department, NY (+ 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.
- Jonesboro Fire (this dept) 86
- High Rombout Fire Comp…, NY 86
- Near Lake Placid Volun…, NY 86
- Near Iona-McGregor Fir…, FL 86
- Near City of Beverly H…, CA 86
Department Profile
- Type
- PAID
- Location
- Jonesboro, AR
- County
- Craighead County
- FDID
- 16600
Staffing vs the Arkansas average
How Jonesboro Fire's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arkansas. In-state it ranks #10 of 604 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,268 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 6
- State fire deaths/yr
- 68
- AR departments
- 1,168
County roster weight
Jonesboro Fire carries 29.6% of Craighead County HIFLD personnel
Among 21 listed departments (291 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 57% of the county count. County / state rollup.
6.98 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (6 stations / 86 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Lake Placid Volunteer Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 86 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AR department.