Department profile
CombinationSearcy Fire Department - Central Station
Searcy, AR · White County. Searcy Fire Department - Central Station is a Combination department, 3 stations and 43 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 43
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Searcy Fire Department - Central Station pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Arkansas average.
- Top 24%
- national personnel size
- +231%
- 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.
Searcy Fire Department - Central Station is a Combination department serving Searcy, AR (White County), with 3 stations and 43 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #5,383 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #5,383 of 22,440
- AR personnel rank #35 of 604
- 6.98 stations per 100 personnel
- 33 other listed departments in White County
Searcy Fire Department - Central Station vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
43 Top 24% higher than 76% 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 73300 · Searcy Fire Department - Central Station, AR 43 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-COMB · EMS-UNK · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 43
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-COMB Combination
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-UPPER #5,383
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ 4th District Volu…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: 4th District Volunteer Fire Department, MS (+ 0 personnel)
Combination-staffed 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.
- Searcy Fire Depar… (this dept) 43
- High Mifflin Township, OH 43
- Near 4th District Volu…, MS 43
- Near Hampton, NH 43
- Near Penn Township, IN 43
Department Profile
- Type
- COMBINATION
- Location
- Searcy, AR
- County
- White County
- FDID
- 73300
Staffing vs the Arkansas average
How Searcy Fire Department - Central Station's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arkansas. In-state it ranks #35 of 604 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #5,383 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 fringe
Searcy Fire Department - Central Station is 9.8% of White County roster mass
The county lists 36 departments totaling 441 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 0% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
6.98 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 43 roster).
Photo-finish peer: 4th District Volunteer Fire Department, MS (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide combination-staffed peers near 43 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AR department.