Department profile
VolunteerLafe Volunteer Fire Department
Lafe, AR · Greene County. Lafe Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 20 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 20
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Lafe Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well above the Arkansas average.
- 23rd pct.
- national personnel size
- +54%
- 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.
Lafe Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Lafe, AR (Greene County), with 1 station and 20 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #17,230 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #17,230 of 22,440
- AR personnel rank #324 of 604
- 5.00 stations per 100 personnel
- 7 other listed departments in Greene County
Lafe Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
20 Top 77% higher than 23% of 22,440 departments
Listable U.S. fire departments, banded by total personnel
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more departments. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source HIFLD fire-station registry · 2026-09-06
Dispatch plate
Sheet 28002 · Lafe Volunteer Fire Department, AR 20 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 20
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-LOWER #17,230
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Center Township V…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Center Township Volunteer Fire Department, IN (+ 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.
- Lafe Volunteer (this dept) 20
- High Bluefield, WV 20
- Near Center Township V…, IN 20
- Near Oakvale Volunteer, WV 20
- Near Marion City, KY 20
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Lafe, AR
- County
- Greene County
- FDID
- 28002
Staffing vs the Arkansas average
How Lafe Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arkansas. In-state it ranks #324 of 604 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #17,230 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 68
- AR departments
- 1,168
County roster geometry
Greene County HIFLD mix around Lafe Volunteer Fire Department
Greene County: 9 departments, 109 personnel (6 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 0% of departments. County / state rollup.
5.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 20 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Center Township Volunteer Fire Department, IN (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 20 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AR department.