Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Marion Fire Department

Marion, AR · Crittenden County. Marion Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 40 total personnel. The department also provides EMS services. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

40
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Marion Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount more than double the Arkansas average.

Top 27%
national personnel size
+208%
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
32/100
Marion Fire Department

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
20 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness D
1 vehicles per station (national median 2)
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
40 personnel · 2 stations

Marion Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Marion, AR (Crittenden County), with 2 stations and 40 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,150 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #6,150 of 22,440
  • AR personnel rank #42 of 604
  • 5.00 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 13 other listed departments in Crittenden County

Marion Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

40 Top 27% higher than 73% 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 18002 · Marion Fire Department, AR 40 personnel · 2 stations

PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 40
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #6,150
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Beachwood
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Beachwood Fire Department, OH (+ 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
Marion, AR
FDID
18002

Staffing vs the Arkansas average

How Marion Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arkansas. In-state it ranks #42 of 604 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,150 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 208% above the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
68
AR departments
1,168

County roster geometry

Crittenden County HIFLD mix around Marion Fire Department

Crittenden County: 16 departments, 273 personnel (12 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 13% of departments. County / state rollup.

5.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 40 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Beachwood Fire Department, OH (+0 personnel).

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

Nationwide volunteer peers near 40 personnel

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