City Government

General Government Department:

33 employees - (consisting of 10 divisions)

1. Mayor
2. City Council
3. City Attorney, City Prosecutor
4. City Clerk/Treasurer
5. Municipal Judge
6. Airport
7. Cable Administration

Administrative Services Department:

95 employees - (consisting of 12 divisions)

1. Administrative Services Director
2. Accounting & Audit
3. Personnel
4. Budget & Research
5. Fleet Operations
6. Community Development
7. Data Processing
8. Building Maintenance
9. Water & Sewer Services
10. Animal Services
11. Purchasing
12. Municipal Court

Public Works Department:

185 employees - (consisting of 10 divisions)

1. Public Works Director
2. Engineering
3. Water & Sewer
4. Solid Waste
5. Parks & Recreation
6. Inspections
7. Street
8. Traffic
9. Planning
10. Wastewater Treatment Plant

Fire Department:

78 Employees / The Insurance classification is Class 4

The Fayetteville Fire Department consists of a fire chief, and assistant fire chief, 4 fire battalion chiefs, 13 fire captains, a fire Marshall, an assistant fire Marshall, 51 firefighters and a senior secretary. They operate out of 5 fire stations in the City. One of the five stations is limited exclusively to fire protection of our airport.

A two-person fire prevention program is primarily responsible for the prevention of large loss fires in Fayetteville and for the prevention of loss and personal injury due to fire. The fire prevention program is responsible for code enforcement, public educational activities with emphasis on fire prevention education for the youth and investigation of suspicious fires.

Special Operations teams include the Hazardous Materials Emergency Response Team (HazMat), the Tactical Rescue Team (TRT), and the Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting Team (ARFF). These teams are specially trained in advanced levels of expertise beyond the normal training that all Fire Fighters obtain. The HazMat Team is part of the regional (two county) HazMat Team.

Police Department:

104 sworn officers

The Fayetteville Police Department consists of a Chief, 2 assistant chiefs, 7 lieutenants, 10 sergeants and 57 police officers. The department has a detective division, juvenile officer, training officer and crime preventions officer. There are 41 civilian personnel within the police department of which 15 are dispatchers and 9 are civilian jailers.

The Central Dispatch Center is a 24-hour operation which provides emergency and non-emergency call taking and dispatching for police, fire and city services as needed through the 09-1-1 calls.

Support Services provide a Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program to all fifth graders in the school system. Another service provided is Crimes/Prevention Education for local citizens.

The patrol program provides a full range of patrol and investigation services including detection and suppression of criminal activity, traffic enforcement and accident investigation. The department continues to place emphasis on community oriented policing which includes neighborhood and bicycle patrols.

The City of Fayetteville is the lead agency for the Fourth Judicial District Drug Task Force. This Task Force is made up of Fayetteville, Springdale, University of Arkansas, Prairie Grove, West Fork, Johnson, Lincoln, Greenland and Farmington police departments and the Washington County Sheriff's Department. The primary duties are to investigate all leads concerning the illicit manufacturing, distribution and use of controlled substances and to target major organized criminal narcotic traffickers, conspirators and offenders through investigation, arrest and preparation for prosecution.