Department profile
Career (Paid)Paragould Fire Department
Paragould, AR · Greene County. Paragould Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 3 stations and 25 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 25
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Paragould Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well above the Arkansas average.
- 38th pct.
- national personnel size
- +92%
- vs. Arkansas average
- 3
- stations
- $241,247
- FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record
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.
Paragould Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Paragould, AR (Greene County), with 3 stations and 25 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #13,802 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $241,247.
- National personnel rank #13,802 of 22,440
- AR personnel rank #202 of 604
- 12.00 stations per 100 personnel
- 7 other listed departments in Greene County
Paragould Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
25 Top 62% higher than 38% 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 28300 · Paragould Fire Department, AR 25 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-UNK · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 25
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-LOWER #13,802
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Kershaw County Fi…
- FEMA-LIGHT $241K
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Kershaw County Fire Service, SC (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid 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.
- Paragould (this dept) 25
- High Sea Breeze, NY 25
- Near Kershaw County Fi…, SC 25
- Near Houston, MN 25
- Near Eitzen, MN 25
Department Profile
- Type
- PAID
- Location
- Paragould, AR
- County
- Greene County
- FDID
- 28300
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | EMW-2018-FO-01720 | $254,545 |
| 2009 | EMW2008FF00789 | $-13,298 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Arkansas average
How Paragould Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arkansas. In-state it ranks #202 of 604 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #13,802 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 68
- AR departments
- 1,168
County staffing outlier
Career (Paid) island in a volunteer-heavy Greene County
County mix is mostly volunteer (6 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.
12.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 25 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Kershaw County Fire Service, SC (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 25 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AR department.