Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

McGehee Fire and Emergency Medical Services

Mcgehee, AR · Desha County. McGehee Fire and Emergency Medical Services is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 35 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.

35
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

McGehee Fire and Emergency Medical Services pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount more than double the Arkansas average.

Top 35%
national personnel size
+169%
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
28/100
McGehee Fire and Emergency Medical Services

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
17.5 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
35 personnel · 2 stations

McGehee Fire and Emergency Medical Services is a Volunteer department serving Mcgehee, AR (Desha County), with 2 stations and 35 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #7,945 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #7,945 of 22,440
  • AR personnel rank #69 of 604
  • 5.71 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 9 other listed departments in Desha County

McGehee Fire and Emergency Medical Services vs. the national personnel distribution

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

35 Top 35% higher than 65% 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 21300 · McGehee Fire and Emergency Medical Services, AR 35 personnel · 2 stations

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

  • PERS-SMALL 35
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #7,945
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Hall Mountain Vol…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Hall Mountain Volunteer Fire Department, ID (+ 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
Mcgehee, AR
FDID
21300

Staffing vs the Arkansas average

How McGehee Fire and Emergency Medical Services's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arkansas. In-state it ranks #69 of 604 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,945 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 169% above the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
68
AR departments
1,168

County roster weight

McGehee Fire and Emergency Medical Services carries 33.0% of Desha County HIFLD personnel

Among 10 listed departments (106 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 80% of the county count. County / state rollup.

5.71 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 35 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Hall Mountain Volunteer Fire Department, ID (+0 personnel).

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

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 35 personnel

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