Department profile

Volunteer

Smackover Volunteer Fire Station

Smackover, AR · Union County. Smackover Volunteer Fire Station is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 38 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

38
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Not reported
EMS service

The verdict

Smackover Volunteer Fire Station pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount more than double the Arkansas average.

Top 31%
national personnel size
+192%
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
PlainFireData Composite Score
81/100
Smackover Volunteer Fire Station

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.

Staffing capacity A
38 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
38 personnel · 1 station

Smackover Volunteer Fire Station is a Volunteer department serving Smackover, AR (Union County), with 1 station and 38 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,863 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #6,863 of 22,440
  • AR personnel rank #51 of 604
  • 2.63 stations per 100 personnel
  • 15 other listed departments in Union County

Smackover Volunteer Fire Station vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

38 Top 31% higher than 69% 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 70006 · Smackover Volunteer Fire Station, AR 38 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-SMALL 38
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-UNK EMS pending
  • RANK-UPPER #6,863
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Muscatine
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Muscatine Fire Department, IA (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Smackover, AR
FDID
70006

Staffing vs the Arkansas average

How Smackover Volunteer Fire Station's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arkansas. In-state it ranks #51 of 604 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,863 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 192% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
68
AR departments
1,168

County roster geometry

Union County HIFLD mix around Smackover Volunteer Fire Station

Union County: 16 departments, 284 personnel (14 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 13% of departments. County / state rollup.

2.63 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 38 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Muscatine Fire Department, IA (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 38 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AR department.