Department profile
VolunteerParthenon Fire Station
Parthenon, AR · Newton County. Parthenon Fire Station is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 33 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 33
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Parthenon Fire Station pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount more than double the Arkansas average.
- Top 39%
- national personnel size
- +154%
- 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.
Parthenon Fire Station is a Volunteer department serving Parthenon, AR (Newton County), with 2 stations and 33 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8,825 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #8,825 of 22,440
- AR personnel rank #81 of 604
- 6.06 stations per 100 personnel
- 10 other listed departments in Newton County
Parthenon Fire Station vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
33 Top 39% higher than 61% 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 51007 · Parthenon Fire Station, AR 33 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 33
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-UPPER #8,825
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Union Grove-Yorkv…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Union Grove-Yorkville Fire Department, WI (+ 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.
- Parthenon Fire St… (this dept) 33
- High Converse Voluntee…, IN 33
- Near Union Grove-Yorkv…, WI 33
- Near Brookline, NH 33
- Near Lawrenceburg, TN 33
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Parthenon, AR
- County
- Newton County
- FDID
- 51007
Staffing vs the Arkansas average
How Parthenon Fire Station's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arkansas. In-state it ranks #81 of 604 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8,825 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 weight
Parthenon Fire Station carries 30.0% of Newton County HIFLD personnel
Among 15 listed departments (110 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 67% of the county count. County / state rollup.
6.06 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 33 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Union Grove-Yorkville Fire Department, WI (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 33 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AR department.