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Acadia-Evangeline Fire Protection District

Basile, LA · Evangeline County. Acadia-Evangeline Fire Protection District is a fire department and 55 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.

55
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Acadia-Evangeline Fire Protection District pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Louisiana average.

Top 14%
national personnel size
+112%
vs. Louisiana average

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.

F
PlainFireData Composite Score
0/100
Acadia-Evangeline Fire Protection District

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.

Staffing capacity
No station count on file for this department
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
55 personnel

Acadia-Evangeline Fire Protection District is a fire department serving Basile, LA (Evangeline County) and 55 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,073 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #3,073 of 22,440
  • LA personnel rank #35 of 342
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 8 other listed departments in Evangeline County

Acadia-Evangeline Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

55 Top 14% higher than 86% 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 01001 · Acadia-Evangeline Fire Protection District, LA 55 personnel

PERS-MID · STA-UNK · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-MID 55
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #3,073
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Fort Hunter
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Fort Hunter Fire Department, NY (+ 0 personnel)

Instrument codes from this department’s HIFLD personnel and station counts, staffing type, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer department, FEMA AFG/SAFER book, and field completeness, not a readiness rating.

Personnel neighbourhood

Nationwide HIFLD headcount poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every LA department.

Department Profile

Type
Location
Basile, LA
FDID
01001

Staffing vs the Louisiana average

How Acadia-Evangeline Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Louisiana. In-state it ranks #35 of 342 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,073 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 112% above the state average
Stations
Not reported
State fire deaths/yr
96
LA departments
786

County roster geometry

Evangeline County HIFLD mix around Acadia-Evangeline Fire Protection District

Evangeline County: 12 departments, 423 personnel (5 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 67% of departments. County / state rollup.

Photo-finish peer: Fort Hunter Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

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Nationwide departments near 55 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every LA department.

Fort Hunter Fire Department, NY 55 Maplewood Fire Department, NY 55 Harwinton Volunteer Fire Department, CT 55 Thornapple Township Fire and Emergency Services, MI 55

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Acadia-Evangeline Fire Protection District have?

Acadia-Evangeline Fire Protection District has 55 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 112% above the Louisiana average of 26 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #3,073 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within LA, it ranks #35 of 342 by personnel.

Does Acadia-Evangeline Fire Protection District provide EMS services?

Yes, Acadia-Evangeline Fire Protection District provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Acadia-Evangeline Fire Protection District operate?

Station count data for Acadia-Evangeline Fire Protection District is not available in the HIFLD database.

What type of fire department is Acadia-Evangeline Fire Protection District?

Acadia-Evangeline Fire Protection District is a fire department serving Evangeline County, LA.

How many fire departments are in Louisiana?

Louisiana has 786 fire departments with 20,402 total personnel. 34% are volunteer departments.

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