Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderWest Memphis Fire Department
West Memphis, AR · Crittenden County. West Memphis Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 4 stations and 64 total personnel. The department also provides EMS services. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 64
- Total personnel
- 4
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
West Memphis Fire Department pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Arkansas average.
- Top 10%
- national personnel size
- +392%
- vs. Arkansas average
- 4
- 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 Memphis Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving West Memphis, AR (Crittenden County), with 4 stations and 64 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,346 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,346 of 22,440
- AR personnel rank #15 of 604
- 6.25 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 13 other listed departments in Crittenden County
West Memphis Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
64 Top 10% higher than 90% 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 18600 · West Memphis Fire Department, AR 64 personnel · 4 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 64
- STA-FEW 4 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #2,346
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Central Campbell…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Central Campbell County Fire District, KY (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid 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 Memphis (this dept) 64
- High Potosi Volunteer, WI 64
- Near Central Campbell…, KY 64
- Near Kentfield Fire Pr…, CA 64
- Near Willards Volunteer, MD 64
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- West Memphis, AR
- County
- Crittenden County
- FDID
- 18600
Staffing vs the Arkansas average
How West Memphis Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arkansas. In-state it ranks #15 of 604 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,346 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 4
- State fire deaths/yr
- 68
- AR departments
- 1,168
County staffing outlier
Career (Paid) island in a volunteer-heavy Crittenden County
County mix is mostly volunteer (12 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.
6.25 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 64 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Central Campbell County Fire District, KY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 64 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AR department.