Department profile

Volunteer

Northwest Scott County Volunteer Fire Department

Booneville, AR · Scott County. Northwest Scott County Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 40 total personnel. 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
Not reported
EMS service

The verdict

Northwest Scott County Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount more than double the Arkansas average.

Top 28%
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
38/100
Northwest Scott County Volunteer 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
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
40 personnel · 2 stations

Northwest Scott County Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Booneville, AR (Scott 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 #6,211 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #6,211 of 22,440
  • AR personnel rank #44 of 604
  • 5.00 stations per 100 personnel
  • 16 other listed departments in Scott County

Northwest Scott County Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

40 Top 28% higher than 72% 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 64003 · Northwest Scott County Volunteer Fire Department, AR 40 personnel · 2 stations

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

  • PERS-SMALL 40
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-UNK EMS pending
  • RANK-UPPER #6,211
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Galax Volunteer
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Galax Volunteer Fire Department, VA (+ 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
Booneville, AR
FDID
64003

Staffing vs the Arkansas average

How Northwest Scott County Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arkansas. In-state it ranks #44 of 604 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,211 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

Scott County HIFLD mix around Northwest Scott County Volunteer Fire Department

Scott County: 19 departments, 170 personnel (13 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 0% of departments. County / state rollup.

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

Photo-finish peer: Galax Volunteer Fire Department, VA (+0 personnel).

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

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 40 personnel

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