Department profile
VolunteerMorning Star Fire Department
Hot Springs, AR · Garland County. Morning Star Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 4 stations and 46 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 46
- Total personnel
- 4
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Morning Star Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Arkansas average.
- Top 21%
- national personnel size
- +254%
- vs. Arkansas average
- 4
- 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.
Morning Star Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Hot Springs, AR (Garland County), with 4 stations and 46 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,633 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #4,633 of 22,440
- AR personnel rank #28 of 604
- 8.70 stations per 100 personnel
- 12 other listed departments in Garland County
Morning Star Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
46 Top 21% higher than 79% 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 26006 · Morning Star Fire Department, AR 46 personnel · 4 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 46
- STA-FEW 4 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-UPPER #4,633
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Kachemak Emergenc…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Kachemak Emergency Services, AK (+ 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.
- Morning Star (this dept) 46
- High Napoleon Rural Fi…, ND 46
- Near Kachemak Emergenc…, AK 46
- Near Plain Township, OH 46
- Near Minneapolis Saint…, MN 46
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Hot Springs, AR
- County
- Garland County
- FDID
- 26006
Staffing vs the Arkansas average
How Morning Star Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arkansas. In-state it ranks #28 of 604 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,633 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 4
- State fire deaths/yr
- 68
- AR departments
- 1,168
County roster geometry
Garland County HIFLD mix around Morning Star Fire Department
Garland County: 18 departments, 344 personnel (9 volunteer / 1 career / 1 combination); EMS flag on 0% of departments. County / state rollup.
8.70 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 46 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Kachemak Emergency Services, AK (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 46 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AR department.