Department profile

Volunteer

Joplin Volunteer Fire Station

Mount Ida, AR · Montgomery County. Joplin Volunteer Fire Station is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 23 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

23
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Not reported
EMS service

The verdict

Joplin Volunteer Fire Station pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well above the Arkansas average.

33rd pct.
national personnel size
+77%
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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
48/100
Joplin Volunteer Fire Station

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 C
23 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
23 personnel · 1 station

Joplin Volunteer Fire Station is a Volunteer department serving Mount Ida, AR (Montgomery County), with 1 station and 23 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #15,143 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #15,143 of 22,440
  • AR personnel rank #238 of 604
  • 4.35 stations per 100 personnel
  • 10 other listed departments in Montgomery County

Joplin Volunteer Fire Station vs. the national personnel distribution

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

23 Top 67% higher than 33% 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 49000 · Joplin Volunteer Fire Station, AR 23 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-SMALL 23
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-UNK EMS pending
  • RANK-LOWER #15,143
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Mapleton
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Mapleton Fire Department, UT (+ 0 personnel)

Volunteer 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
VOLUNTEER
Location
Mount Ida, AR
FDID
49000

Staffing vs the Arkansas average

How Joplin Volunteer Fire Station's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arkansas. In-state it ranks #238 of 604 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #15,143 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 77% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
68
AR departments
1,168

County roster geometry

Montgomery County HIFLD mix around Joplin Volunteer Fire Station

Montgomery County: 11 departments, 152 personnel (9 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 0% of departments. County / state rollup.

4.35 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 23 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Mapleton Fire Department, UT (+0 personnel).

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

Nationwide volunteer peers near 23 personnel

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