Department profile

Volunteer

Macedonia/Dorcheat Fire

Magnolia, AR · Columbia County. Macedonia/Dorcheat Fire is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 30 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

30
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Not reported
EMS service

The verdict

Macedonia/Dorcheat Fire pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount more than double the Arkansas average.

Top 46%
national personnel size
+131%
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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
21/100
Macedonia/Dorcheat 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
15 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
30 personnel · 2 stations

Macedonia/Dorcheat Fire is a Volunteer department serving Magnolia, AR (Columbia County), with 2 stations and 30 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #10,384 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #10,384 of 22,440
  • AR personnel rank #121 of 604
  • 6.67 stations per 100 personnel
  • 14 other listed departments in Columbia County

Macedonia/Dorcheat Fire vs. the national personnel distribution

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

30 Top 46% higher than 54% 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 14301 · Macedonia/Dorcheat Fire, AR 30 personnel · 2 stations

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

  • PERS-SMALL 30
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-UNK EMS pending
  • RANK-MID #10,384
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Callands Voluntee…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Callands Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department, VA (+ 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
Magnolia, AR
FDID
14301

Staffing vs the Arkansas average

How Macedonia/Dorcheat Fire's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arkansas. In-state it ranks #121 of 604 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #10,384 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 131% above the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
68
AR departments
1,168

County roster geometry

Columbia County HIFLD mix around Macedonia/Dorcheat Fire

Columbia County: 16 departments, 180 personnel (13 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 0% of departments. County / state rollup.

6.67 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 30 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Callands Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department, VA (+0 personnel).

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

Nearby Departments

Bussey-Sharman Fire Station
Taylor · volunteer
Emerson Volunteer Fire Department
Emerson · volunteer
Highway 79 South Fire Department
Magnolia · volunteer
Macedonai/Dorcheat
Magnolia · other
McNeil Fire Station
Mcneil · volunteer
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Nationwide volunteer peers near 30 personnel

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