Department profile
VolunteerWest Fourche Fire Department
Gravelly, AR · Yell County. West Fourche Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 140 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 140
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
West Fourche Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Arkansas average.
- Top 2%
- national personnel size
- +977%
- 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.
West Fourche Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Gravelly, AR (Yell County), with 2 stations and 140 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #486 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #486 of 22,440
- AR personnel rank #3 of 604
- 1.43 stations per 100 personnel
- 17 other listed departments in Yell County
West Fourche Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
140 Top 2% higher than 98% 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 75012 · West Fourche Fire Department, AR 140 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-MID 140
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-TOP #486
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Saipan Internatio…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Saipan International Airport- Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting, MP (+ 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.
- West Fourche (this dept) 140
- High Metropolitan Wash…, VA 140
- Near Saipan Internatio…, MP 140
- Near Village of Sleepy…, NY 140
- Near Erlanger Fire and…, KY 140
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Gravelly, AR
- County
- Yell County
- FDID
- 75012
Staffing vs the Arkansas average
How West Fourche Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arkansas. In-state it ranks #3 of 604 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #486 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 weight
West Fourche Fire Department carries 44.7% of Yell County HIFLD personnel
Among 19 listed departments (313 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 79% of the county count. County / state rollup.
1.43 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 140 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Saipan International Airport- Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting, MP (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 140 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AR department.