Department profile

Volunteer

Village Volunteer Fire Department

Village, AR · Columbia County. Village Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 17 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

17
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Not reported
EMS service

The verdict

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

14th pct.
national personnel size
+31%
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
28/100
Village Volunteer 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
17 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
17 personnel · 1 station

Village Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Village, AR (Columbia County), with 1 station and 17 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #19,375 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #19,375 of 22,440
  • AR personnel rank #425 of 604
  • 5.88 stations per 100 personnel
  • 14 other listed departments in Columbia County

Village Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

17 Top 86% higher than 14% 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 14004 · Village Volunteer Fire Department, AR 17 personnel · 1 station

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

  • PERS-SMALL 17
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-UNK EMS pending
  • RANK-LOWER #19,375
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Washington
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Washington Fire Department, IN (+ 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
Village, AR
FDID
14004

Staffing vs the Arkansas average

How Village Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arkansas. In-state it ranks #425 of 604 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #19,375 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 31% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
68
AR departments
1,168

County roster fringe

Village Volunteer Fire Department is 9.4% of Columbia County roster mass

The county lists 16 departments totaling 180 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 0% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

5.88 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 17 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Washington Fire Department, IN (+0 personnel).

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

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 17 personnel

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