Department profile
VolunteerLonsdale Fire Department
Lonsdale, AR · Garland County. Lonsdale Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 28 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 28
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Lonsdale Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount more than double the Arkansas average.
- 48th pct.
- national personnel size
- +115%
- vs. Arkansas average
- 2
- 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.
Lonsdale Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Lonsdale, AR (Garland County), with 2 stations and 28 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #11,600 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #11,600 of 22,440
- AR personnel rank #148 of 604
- 7.14 stations per 100 personnel
- 12 other listed departments in Garland County
Lonsdale Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
28 Top 52% higher than 48% 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 63005 · Lonsdale Fire Department, AR 28 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 28
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-MID #11,600
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Notchey Creek Vol…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Notchey Creek Volunteer Fire Department, TN (+ 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.
- Lonsdale (this dept) 28
- High Himrod, NY 28
- Near Notchey Creek Vol…, TN 28
- Near Beverly Shores Vo…, IN 28
- Near Oskaloosa, IA 28
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Lonsdale, AR
- County
- Garland County
- FDID
- 63005
Staffing vs the Arkansas average
How Lonsdale Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arkansas. In-state it ranks #148 of 604 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #11,600 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 68
- AR departments
- 1,168
County roster fringe
Lonsdale Fire Department is 8.1% of Garland County roster mass
The county lists 18 departments totaling 344 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 0% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
7.14 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 28 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Notchey Creek Volunteer Fire Department, TN (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 28 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AR department.