Department profile
VolunteerWaldo Fire Department
Waldo, AR · Columbia County. Waldo Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 42 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 42
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Waldo Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Arkansas average.
- Top 25%
- national personnel size
- +223%
- 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.
Waldo Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Waldo, AR (Columbia County), with 1 station and 42 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #5,632 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #5,632 of 22,440
- AR personnel rank #39 of 604
- 2.38 stations per 100 personnel
- 14 other listed departments in Columbia County
Waldo Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
42 Top 25% higher than 75% 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 14003 · Waldo Fire Department, AR 42 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 42
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-UPPER #5,632
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Roseland Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Roseland Volunteer Fire Department, NE (+ 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.
- Waldo (this dept) 42
- High Bethel-Tate, OH 42
- Near Roseland Volunteer, NE 42
- Near Mount Arlington, NJ 42
- Near Rockaway Borough, NJ 42
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Waldo, AR
- County
- Columbia County
- FDID
- 14003
Staffing vs the Arkansas average
How Waldo Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arkansas. In-state it ranks #39 of 604 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #5,632 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
Columbia County HIFLD mix around Waldo Fire Department
Columbia County: 16 departments, 180 personnel (13 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 0% of departments. County / state rollup.
2.38 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 42 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Roseland Volunteer Fire Department, NE (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 42 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AR department.