Department profile
CombinationWest Helena Fire Department
West Helena, AR · Phillips County. West Helena Fire Department is a Combination department, 1 station and 25 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 25
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
West Helena Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well above the Arkansas average.
- 37th pct.
- national personnel size
- +92%
- 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.
West Helena Fire Department is a Combination department serving West Helena, AR (Phillips County), with 1 station and 25 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #14,145 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #14,145 of 22,440
- AR personnel rank #210 of 604
- 4.00 stations per 100 personnel
- 11 other listed departments in Phillips County
West Helena Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
25 Top 63% higher than 37% 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 54301 · West Helena Fire Department, AR 25 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-COMB · EMS-UNK · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 25
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-COMB Combination
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-LOWER #14,145
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Hanson Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Hanson Volunteer Fire Department, KY (+ 0 personnel)
Combination-staffed 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 Helena (this dept) 25
- High Weltonville, NY 25
- Near Hanson Volunteer, KY 25
- Near Rangers Hose Comp…, PA 25
- Near Exeter, CA 25
Department Profile
- Type
- COMBINATION
- Location
- West Helena, AR
- County
- Phillips County
- FDID
- 54301
Staffing vs the Arkansas average
How West Helena Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arkansas. In-state it ranks #210 of 604 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #14,145 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 68
- AR departments
- 1,168
County staffing outlier
Combination island in a volunteer-heavy Phillips County
County mix is mostly volunteer (9 volunteer / 1 career / 1 combination), while this page is typed combination. County / state rollup.
4.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 25 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Hanson Volunteer Fire Department, KY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide combination-staffed peers near 25 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AR department.