Department profile

Career (Paid)

Little Rock Fire

Little Rock, AR · Pulaski County. Little Rock Fire is a Career (Paid) department, 20 stations and 396 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

396
Total personnel
20
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Not reported
EMS service

The verdict

Little Rock Fire pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Arkansas average.

Top 1%
national personnel size
+2946%
vs. Arkansas average
20
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
38/100
Little Rock Fire

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
19.8 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
396 personnel · 20 stations

Little Rock Fire is a Career (Paid) department serving Little Rock, AR (Pulaski County), with 20 stations and 396 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #75 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #75 of 22,440
  • AR personnel rank #1 of 604
  • 5.05 stations per 100 personnel
  • 24 other listed departments in Pulaski County

Little Rock Fire vs. the national personnel distribution

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

396 Top 1% higher than 99%+ 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 60604 · Little Rock Fire, AR 396 personnel · 20 stations

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

  • PERS-LARGE 396
  • STA-MULTI 20 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-UNK EMS pending
  • RANK-TOP #75
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Corpus Christi
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Corpus Christi Fire Department, TX (+ 3 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
Little Rock, AR
FDID
60604

Staffing vs the Arkansas average

How Little Rock Fire's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arkansas. In-state it ranks #1 of 604 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #75 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 2946% above the state average
Stations
20
State fire deaths/yr
68
AR departments
1,168

County roster weight

Little Rock Fire carries 34.6% of Pulaski County HIFLD personnel

Among 35 listed departments (1,145 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 46% of the county count. County / state rollup.

5.05 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (20 stations / 396 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Corpus Christi Fire Department, TX (+3 personnel).

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

Nearby Departments

Alexander Volunteer Fire Department
Alexander · volunteer
Arch Street Volunteer Fire Department
Little Rock · volunteer
Cammack Village Volunteer Fire Department
Little Rock · combination
Camp Robinson Volunteer Fire Department-Dod
North Little Rock · volunteer
Crystal Volunteer Fire
Little Rock · volunteer
East Pulaski Volunteer Fire Department
North Little Rock · other
Gravel Ridge Volunteer Fire Department
Jacksonville · volunteer
Hensley Fire Department
Hensley · volunteer
All AR departments →

Nationwide career peers near 396 personnel

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