Department profile
VolunteerMars Hill Volunteer Fire Department
Stamps, AR · Lafayette County. Mars Hill Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 45 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 45
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Mars Hill Volunteer Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Arkansas average.
- Top 22%
- national personnel size
- +246%
- 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.
Mars Hill Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Stamps, AR (Lafayette County), with 1 station and 45 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,904 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #4,904 of 22,440
- AR personnel rank #31 of 604
- 2.22 stations per 100 personnel
- 7 other listed departments in Lafayette County
Mars Hill Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
45 Top 22% higher than 78% 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 37005 · Mars Hill Volunteer Fire Department, AR 45 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 45
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-UPPER #4,904
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bessemer Voluntee…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Bessemer Volunteer Fire Company, PA (+ 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.
- Mars Hill Volunte… (this dept) 45
- High Ramona, CA 45
- Near Bessemer Voluntee…, PA 45
- Near Scott Township Vo…, PA 45
- Near Edgar Volunteer F…, WI 45
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Stamps, AR
- County
- Lafayette County
- FDID
- 37005
Staffing vs the Arkansas average
How Mars Hill Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arkansas. In-state it ranks #31 of 604 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,904 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 weight
Mars Hill Volunteer Fire Department carries 29.8% of Lafayette County HIFLD personnel
Among 9 listed departments (151 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 89% of the county count. County / state rollup.
2.22 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 45 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Bessemer Volunteer Fire Company, PA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 45 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AR department.