Department profile
VolunteerWells Bayou Volunteer Fire Department
Grady, AR · Lincoln County. Wells Bayou Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 14 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 14
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Wells Bayou Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Arkansas average.
- 7th pct.
- national personnel size
- +8%
- 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.
Wells Bayou Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Grady, AR (Lincoln County), with 1 station and 14 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #20,975 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #20,975 of 22,440
- AR personnel rank #536 of 604
- 7.14 stations per 100 personnel
- 8 other listed departments in Lincoln County
Wells Bayou Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
14 Top 93% higher than 7% 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 40007 · Wells Bayou Volunteer Fire Department, AR 14 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-MICRO 14
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-LOWER #20,975
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Blairsburg
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Blairsburg Fire Department, IA (+ 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.
- Wells Bayou Volun… (this dept) 14
- High Scotts Hill Volun…, TN 14
- Near Blairsburg, IA 14
- Near Coalton Volunteer, OH 14
- Near Whitesboro, OK 14
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Grady, AR
- County
- Lincoln County
- FDID
- 40007
Staffing vs the Arkansas average
How Wells Bayou Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arkansas. In-state it ranks #536 of 604 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #20,975 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
Lincoln County HIFLD mix around Wells Bayou Volunteer Fire Department
Lincoln County: 10 departments, 128 personnel (9 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 0% of departments. County / state rollup.
7.14 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 14 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Blairsburg Fire Department, IA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 14 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AR department.