Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Stephens Fire Department

Stephens, AR · Ouachita County. Stephens Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 19 total personnel. The department also provides EMS services. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

19
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Stephens Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Arkansas average.

19th pct.
national personnel size
+46%
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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
30/100
Stephens Fire Department

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 D
19 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness D
1 vehicles per station (national median 2)
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
19 personnel · 1 station

Stephens Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Stephens, AR (Ouachita County), with 1 station and 19 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #18,200 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #18,200 of 22,440
  • AR personnel rank #360 of 604
  • 5.26 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 12 other listed departments in Ouachita County

Stephens Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

19 Top 81% higher than 19% 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 52007 · Stephens Fire Department, AR 19 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 19
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #18,200
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Reader Volunteer
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Reader Volunteer Fire Department, WV (+ 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
Stephens, AR
FDID
52007

Staffing vs the Arkansas average

How Stephens Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arkansas. In-state it ranks #360 of 604 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #18,200 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 46% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
68
AR departments
1,168

County roster geometry

Ouachita County HIFLD mix around Stephens Fire Department

Ouachita County: 18 departments, 157 personnel (12 volunteer / 0 career / 1 combination); EMS flag on 6% of departments. County / state rollup.

5.26 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 19 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Reader Volunteer Fire Department, WV (+0 personnel).

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

Nearby Departments

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 19 personnel

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