Department profile
VolunteerOzark Volunteer Fire Department
Ozark, AR · Franklin County. Ozark Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 32 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 32
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Ozark Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount more than double the Arkansas average.
- Top 41%
- national personnel size
- +146%
- vs. Arkansas average
- 1
- station
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.
Ozark Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Ozark, AR (Franklin County), with 1 station and 32 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #9,258 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #9,258 of 22,440
- AR personnel rank #89 of 604
- 3.13 stations per 100 personnel
- 10 other listed departments in Franklin County
Ozark Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
32 Top 41% higher than 59% 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 24003 · Ozark Volunteer Fire Department, AR 32 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 32
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-MID #9,258
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Isabel Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Isabel Volunteer Fire Department, SD (+ 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.
- Ozark Volunteer (this dept) 32
- High Albert Lea, MN 32
- Near Isabel Volunteer, SD 32
- Near Schleswig, IA 32
- Near Southeast Casey C…, KY 32
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Ozark, AR
- County
- Franklin County
- FDID
- 24003
Staffing vs the Arkansas average
How Ozark Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arkansas. In-state it ranks #89 of 604 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #9,258 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 68
- AR departments
- 1,168
County roster weight
Ozark Volunteer Fire Department carries 26.4% of Franklin County HIFLD personnel
Among 12 listed departments (121 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 83% of the county count. County / state rollup.
3.13 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 32 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Isabel Volunteer Fire Department, SD (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 32 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AR department.