Department profile
VolunteerMelbourne Volunteer Fire Department
Melbourne, AR · Izard County. Melbourne Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 21 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 21
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Melbourne Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well above the Arkansas average.
- 27th pct.
- national personnel size
- +62%
- 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.
Melbourne Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Melbourne, AR (Izard County), with 2 stations and 21 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #16,380 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #16,380 of 22,440
- AR personnel rank #287 of 604
- 9.52 stations per 100 personnel
- 12 other listed departments in Izard County
Melbourne Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
21 Top 73% higher than 27% 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 33002 · Melbourne Volunteer Fire Department, AR 21 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 21
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-LOWER #16,380
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ New London Volunt…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: New London Volunteer Fire Department, NY (+ 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.
- Melbourne Volunte… (this dept) 21
- High Cantwell Volunteer, AK 21
- Near New London Volunt…, NY 21
- Near Woodgate Volunteer, NY 21
- Near East Hamblen Coun…, TN 21
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Melbourne, AR
- County
- Izard County
- FDID
- 33002
Staffing vs the Arkansas average
How Melbourne Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arkansas. In-state it ranks #287 of 604 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #16,380 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 geometry
Izard County HIFLD mix around Melbourne Volunteer Fire Department
Izard County: 13 departments, 155 personnel (10 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 15% of departments. County / state rollup.
9.52 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 21 roster).
Photo-finish peer: New London Volunteer Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 21 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AR department.