Department profile
VolunteerUpper White Oak Volunteer Fire Department Station
Chidester, AR · Ouachita County. Upper White Oak Volunteer Fire Department Station is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 32 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 32
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Upper White Oak Volunteer Fire Department Station pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount more than double the Arkansas average.
- Top 42%
- national personnel size
- +146%
- 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 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.
Upper White Oak Volunteer Fire Department Station is a Volunteer department serving Chidester, AR (Ouachita County), with 1 station and 32 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #9,369 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #9,369 of 22,440
- AR personnel rank #94 of 604
- 3.13 stations per 100 personnel
- 12 other listed departments in Ouachita County
Upper White Oak Volunteer Fire Department Station vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
32 Top 42% higher than 58% 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 52008 · Upper White Oak Volunteer Fire Department Station, AR 32 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 32
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-MID #9,369
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Brunswick Divisio…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Brunswick Division of Fire, 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.
- Upper White Oak V… (this dept) 32
- High Sturtevant, WI 32
- Near Brunswick Divisio…, OH 32
- Near Saint Peter, MN 32
- Near City of Hornell F…, NY 32
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Chidester, AR
- County
- Ouachita County
- FDID
- 52008
Staffing vs the Arkansas average
How Upper White Oak Volunteer Fire Department Station's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arkansas. In-state it ranks #94 of 604 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #9,369 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 68
- AR departments
- 1,168
County roster geometry
Ouachita County HIFLD mix around Upper White Oak Volunteer Fire Department Station
Ouachita County: 18 departments, 157 personnel (12 volunteer / 0 career / 1 combination); EMS flag on 6% of departments. County / state rollup.
3.13 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 32 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Brunswick Division of Fire, OH (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 32 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AR department.