Department profile
VolunteerOuachita Fire Department
Donaldson, AR · Hot Spring County. Ouachita Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 30 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 30
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Ouachita Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount more than double the Arkansas average.
- Top 47%
- national personnel size
- +131%
- 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.
Ouachita Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Donaldson, AR (Hot Spring County), with 2 stations and 30 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #10,536 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #10,536 of 22,440
- AR personnel rank #125 of 604
- 6.67 stations per 100 personnel
- 14 other listed departments in Hot Spring County
Ouachita Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
30 Top 47% higher than 53% 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 30008 · Ouachita Fire Department, AR 30 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 30
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-MID #10,536
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Gautier Fire Depa…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Gautier Fire Department - Central Station, MS (+ 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.
- Ouachita (this dept) 30
- High New Lisbon, WI 30
- Near Gautier Fire Depa…, MS 30
- Near Elk Garden Volunt…, WV 30
- Near Gray Court Area, SC 30
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Donaldson, AR
- County
- Hot Spring County
- FDID
- 30008
Staffing vs the Arkansas average
How Ouachita Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arkansas. In-state it ranks #125 of 604 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #10,536 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
Hot Spring County HIFLD mix around Ouachita Fire Department
Hot Spring County: 20 departments, 142 personnel (13 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 0% of departments. County / state rollup.
6.67 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 30 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Gautier Fire Department - Central Station, MS (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 30 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AR department.