Department profile
VolunteerWatson Volunteer Fire Department
Watson, AR · Desha County. Watson Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 13 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 13
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Watson Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Arkansas average.
- 5th pct.
- national personnel size
- +0%
- vs. Arkansas average
- 2
- 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.
Watson Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Watson, AR (Desha County), with 2 stations and 13 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #21,242 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #21,242 of 22,440
- AR personnel rank #552 of 604
- 15.38 stations per 100 personnel
- 9 other listed departments in Desha County
Watson Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
13 Top 95% higher than 5% 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 21003 · Watson Volunteer Fire Department, AR 13 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MICRO · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-MICRO 13
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-LOWER #21,242
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Sand Point Depart…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Sand Point Department of Public Safety - Fire Division, AK (+ 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.
- Watson Volunteer (this dept) 13
- High Crow Agency, MT 13
- Near Sand Point Depart…, AK 13
- Near Windy Hill Volunt…, SC 13
- Near Lakewood Volunteer, WV 13
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Watson, AR
- County
- Desha County
- FDID
- 21003
Staffing vs the Arkansas average
How Watson Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arkansas. In-state it ranks #552 of 604 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #21,242 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 68
- AR departments
- 1,168
County roster geometry
Desha County HIFLD mix around Watson Volunteer Fire Department
Desha County: 10 departments, 106 personnel (8 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 10% of departments. County / state rollup.
15.38 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 13 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Sand Point Department of Public Safety - Fire Division, AK (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 13 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AR department.