The ASVFD firefighters freely volunteer their efforts as a way of serving and giving back to their community. Our volunteers all have full-time jobs, to support themselves and their families, and are not compensated by the ASVD. All ASVFD volunteer firefighters are trained, per the requirements of the Fire Protection Services Program Act of Arkansas with Act833 of 1991. Required training includes: *) (16) hours per year of certifiable training meeting the standards of the Arkansas Fire Training Academy; and within first year, all volunteer firefighters must receive Three(3) main course's to be certified into the Fire Service; including: Introduction to Firefighting (16 Hr. course), Personal Protective Equipment (16 Hrs.), & and the Arkansas Wildland Fire Suppression course (8 Hrs.). The Volunteer Firefighters put in a lot of time and effort for training, to earn their certificates.

All of the income the ASVFD brings in via annual dues, grants, donations, etc., goes toward operations, maintenance and a payment for land that is the future site of our new main station that will include a Heli-Pad. Once we pay off the land in 2027, we will apply for a construction loan, and if approved we will begin the build of a New Fire House Station that will be located on Hwy 5 North, (Aprx. 5 miles North of city limits).

The ASVFD is first in line for dispatch to assist with all types of structures, brush, and wildfires, swift water, and hiker rescues, vehicle, motorcycle and boating accidents, hazard material spills, drug overdoses, and natural disasters via our 4 fire stations in Stone and Izard Counties, Arkansas. Our all-volunteer rural fire district (population 6,600) is in the heart of the Ozark Mountains where more than 300,000 people vacation annually.escription

The ASVFD has answered 197 calls as of July 26, 2024.

The ASVFD answered 123 emergency calls in total for the year 2023. These calls were for brush, structure, car fires, search & rescue, traffic control, motor vehicle accidents, chemical spill's, and medical calls. Our increased call out volume began during the original outbreak of COVID19. By June 2022, the ASVFD had already received an equal number of calls it received in all of 2021. Calls received in 2022 were almost double what we received in 2020.

We concluded the 2025 year with a total of 268 call runs, a notable increase of 71 calls from the previous year.