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Arcadia Fire Department

Arcadia, LA · Bienville County. Arcadia Fire Department is a fire department and 25 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.

25
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Arcadia Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Louisiana average.

42nd pct.
national personnel size
-4%
vs. Louisiana average
$281,858
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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
47/100
Arcadia Fire Department

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 C
$11,274 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
25 personnel

Arcadia Fire Department is a fire department serving Arcadia, LA (Bienville County) and 25 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #13,022 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $281,858.

  • National personnel rank #13,022 of 22,440
  • LA personnel rank #173 of 342
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 10 other listed departments in Bienville County

Arcadia Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

25 Top 58% higher than 42% 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 07001 · Arcadia Fire Department, LA 25 personnel

PERS-SMALL · STA-UNK · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 25
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-MID #13,022
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Crockery Township
  • FEMA-LIGHT $282K
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Crockery Township Fire Department, MI (+ 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
Arcadia, LA
FDID
07001

FEMA Grant History

$282K
Cumulative funding (FY2017)
1
Awards
Year Award Amount
2017 EMW-2017-FV-00095 $281,858

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the Louisiana average

How Arcadia Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Louisiana. In-state it ranks #173 of 342 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #13,022 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 4% below the state average
Stations
Not reported
State fire deaths/yr
96
LA departments
786

County roster geometry

Bienville County HIFLD mix around Arcadia Fire Department

Bienville County: 12 departments, 179 personnel (2 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 75% of departments. County / state rollup.

Photo-finish peer: Crockery Township Fire Department, MI (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

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Nationwide departments near 25 personnel

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

Crockery Township Fire Department, MI 25 Jamestown Township Fire Department, MI 25 Spring Lake Township Fire Department, MI 25 Wright-Tallmadge Fire Department, MI 25

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Arcadia Fire Department have?

Arcadia Fire Department has 25 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 4% below the Louisiana average of 26 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #13,022 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within LA, it ranks #173 of 342 by personnel.

Does Arcadia Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, Arcadia Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Arcadia Fire Department operate?

Station count data for Arcadia Fire Department is not available in the HIFLD database.

What type of fire department is Arcadia Fire Department?

Arcadia Fire Department is a fire department serving Bienville County, LA.

Has Arcadia Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Arcadia Fire Department has received 1 FEMA grant totaling $281,858 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2017 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2017.

How many fire departments are in Louisiana?

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

Related guides

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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.