Department profile
VolunteerWest Pulaski Fire Department
Little Rock, AR · Pulaski County. West Pulaski Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 4 stations and 46 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 46
- Total personnel
- 4
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
West Pulaski Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Arkansas average.
- Top 21%
- national personnel size
- +254%
- vs. Arkansas average
- 4
- stations
- $737,857
- FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record
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 Pulaski Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Little Rock, AR (Pulaski County), with 4 stations and 46 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,698 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $737,857.
- National personnel rank #4,698 of 22,440
- AR personnel rank #30 of 604
- 8.70 stations per 100 personnel
- 24 other listed departments in Pulaski County
West Pulaski Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
46 Top 21% higher than 79% 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 60018 · West Pulaski Fire Department, AR 46 personnel · 4 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 46
- STA-FEW 4 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-UPPER #4,698
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Gretna Volunteer…
- FEMA-MID $738K
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Gretna Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department, NE (+ 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 Pulaski (this dept) 46
- High Carroll Township…, OH 46
- Near Gretna Volunteer…, NE 46
- Near City of Franklin, NH 46
- Near North Central Sco…, MS 46
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Little Rock, AR
- County
- Pulaski County
- FDID
- 60018
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | EMW-2022-FG-05894 | $452,380.95 |
| 2021 | EMW-2021-FG-10415 | $285,476.19 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Arkansas average
How West Pulaski Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arkansas. In-state it ranks #30 of 604 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,698 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 4
- State fire deaths/yr
- 68
- AR departments
- 1,168
County roster fringe
West Pulaski Fire Department is 4.0% of Pulaski County roster mass
The county lists 35 departments totaling 1,145 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 11% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
8.70 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 46 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Gretna Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department, NE (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 46 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AR department.