Department profile
VolunteerWitter-Aurora Volunteer Fire Department
Witter, AR · Madison County. Witter-Aurora Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 12 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 12
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Witter-Aurora Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Arkansas average.
- 3rd 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.
Witter-Aurora Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Witter, AR (Madison County), with 1 station and 12 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #21,660 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #21,660 of 22,440
- AR personnel rank #570 of 604
- 8.33 stations per 100 personnel
- 12 other listed departments in Madison County
Witter-Aurora Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
12 Top 97% higher than 3% 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 44011 · Witter-Aurora Volunteer Fire Department, AR 12 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-MICRO 12
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-LOWER #21,660
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Granville Volunte…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Granville Volunteer Fire Department, TN (+ 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.
- Witter-Aurora Vol… (this dept) 12
- High North Summit Fire…, UT 12
- Near Granville Volunte…, TN 12
- Near Monico Volunteer, WI 12
- Near Orr Volunteer, OK 12
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Witter, AR
- County
- Madison County
- FDID
- 44011
Staffing vs the Arkansas average
How Witter-Aurora Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Arkansas. In-state it ranks #570 of 604 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #21,660 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 fringe
Witter-Aurora Volunteer Fire Department is 8.2% of Madison County roster mass
The county lists 14 departments totaling 147 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 0% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
8.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 12 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Granville Volunteer Fire Department, TN (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 12 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every AR department.