Department profile
VolunteerPocahontas Volunteer Fire
Pocahontas, AR · Randolph County. Pocahontas Volunteer Fire is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 23 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 23
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Pocahontas Volunteer Fire pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well above the Arkansas average.
- 32nd pct.
- national personnel size
- +77%
- vs. Arkansas average
- 3
- 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.
Pocahontas Volunteer Fire is a Volunteer department serving Pocahontas, AR (Randolph County), with 3 stations and 23 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #15,269 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #15,269 of 22,440
- AR personnel rank #243 of 604
- 13.04 stations per 100 personnel
- 8 other listed departments in Randolph County
Pocahontas Volunteer Fire vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
23 Top 68% higher than 32% 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 61007 · Pocahontas Volunteer Fire, AR 23 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 23
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-LOWER #15,269
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Belle Valley Volu…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Belle Valley Volunteer Fire and Rescue, OH (+ 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.
- Pocahontas Volunt… (this dept) 23
- High Gudger Community…, TN 23
- Near Belle Valley Volu…, OH 23
- Near Erie Township Vol…, OH 23
- Near Lewisburg, TN 23
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Pocahontas, AR
- County
- Randolph County
- FDID
- 61007
Staffing vs the Arkansas average
How Pocahontas Volunteer Fire's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arkansas. In-state it ranks #243 of 604 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #15,269 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 68
- AR departments
- 1,168
County roster geometry
Randolph County HIFLD mix around Pocahontas Volunteer Fire
Randolph County: 10 departments, 171 personnel (8 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 0% of departments. County / state rollup.
13.04 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 23 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Belle Valley Volunteer Fire and Rescue, OH (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 23 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AR department.