Department profile
VolunteerParkers Chapel Volunteer Fire Department
El Dorado, AR · Union County. Parkers Chapel Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station 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
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Parkers Chapel Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well above the Arkansas average.
- 38th pct.
- national personnel size
- +92%
- 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.
Parkers Chapel Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving El Dorado, AR (Union County), with 1 station and 25 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #13,803 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #13,803 of 22,440
- AR personnel rank #203 of 604
- 4.00 stations per 100 personnel
- 15 other listed departments in Union County
Parkers Chapel Volunteer 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 70301 · Parkers Chapel Volunteer Fire Department, AR 25 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 25
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-LOWER #13,803
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Ledbetter Fire Di…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Ledbetter Fire District, KY (+ 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.
- Parkers Chapel Vo… (this dept) 25
- High Belmont, MS 25
- Near Ledbetter Fire Di…, KY 25
- Near Elko New Market, MN 25
- Near Anderson Township, IN 25
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- El Dorado, AR
- County
- Union County
- FDID
- 70301
Staffing vs the Arkansas average
How Parkers Chapel Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arkansas. In-state it ranks #203 of 604 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #13,803 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 fringe
Parkers Chapel Volunteer Fire Department is 8.8% of Union County roster mass
The county lists 16 departments totaling 284 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 13% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
4.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 25 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Ledbetter Fire District, KY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 25 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AR department.