Department profile
VolunteerSouthside Fire
Batesville, AR · Independence County. Southside Fire is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 35 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 35
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Southside Fire pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount more than double the Arkansas average.
- Top 36%
- national personnel size
- +169%
- 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.
Southside Fire is a Volunteer department serving Batesville, AR (Independence County), with 3 stations and 35 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8,122 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #8,122 of 22,440
- AR personnel rank #71 of 604
- 8.57 stations per 100 personnel
- 18 other listed departments in Independence County
Southside Fire vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
35 Top 36% higher than 64% 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 32004 · Southside Fire, AR 35 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 35
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-UPPER #8,122
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Hartland Voluntee…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Hartland Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated, NY (+ 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.
- Southside Fire (this dept) 35
- High Armagh East Wheat…, PA 35
- Near Hartland Voluntee…, NY 35
- Near Onalaska, WI 35
- Near Lindside Volunteer, WV 35
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Batesville, AR
- County
- Independence County
- FDID
- 32004
Staffing vs the Arkansas average
How Southside Fire's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arkansas. In-state it ranks #71 of 604 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8,122 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
Independence County HIFLD mix around Southside Fire
Independence County: 19 departments, 299 personnel (14 volunteer / 0 career / 1 combination); EMS flag on 0% of departments. County / state rollup.
8.57 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 35 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Hartland Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated, NY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 35 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AR department.