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Bayou Gauche Volunteer Fire Department

Des Allemands, LA · St Charles County. Bayou Gauche Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department and 28 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.

28
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Bayou Gauche Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the Louisiana average.

Top 50%
national personnel size
+8%
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
Bayou Gauche Volunteer 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
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
28 personnel

Bayou Gauche Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department serving Des Allemands, LA (St Charles County) and 28 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #11,332 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #11,332 of 22,440
  • LA personnel rank #153 of 342
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 8 other listed departments in St Charles County

Bayou Gauche Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

28 Top 50% higher than 50% 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 45003 · Bayou Gauche Volunteer Fire Department, LA 28 personnel

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

  • PERS-SMALL 28
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-MID #11,332
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Fredonia
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Fredonia Fire Department, WI (+ 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
Des Allemands, LA
FDID
45003

Staffing vs the Louisiana average

How Bayou Gauche Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Louisiana. In-state it ranks #153 of 342 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #11,332 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 8% above the state average
Stations
Not reported
State fire deaths/yr
96
LA departments
786

County roster fringe

Bayou Gauche Volunteer Fire Department is 9.7% of St Charles County roster mass

The county lists 14 departments totaling 290 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 93% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

Photo-finish peer: Fredonia Fire Department, WI (+0 personnel).

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

Nearby Departments

Des Allemands Volunteer Fire Department
Des Allemands · volunteer
Hahnville Volunteer Fire Department
Hahnville · volunteer
Killona Volunteer Fire Department
Killona · volunteer
Luling Volunteer Fire Department
Luling · volunteer
Saint Rose Volunteer Fire Department
Saint Rose · volunteer
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Nationwide departments near 28 personnel

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

Fredonia Fire Department, WI 28 Stephen Volunteer Fire Department, MN 28 Russell Fire, KY 28 Lawrence Township Fire Department, OH 28

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Bayou Gauche Volunteer Fire Department have?

Bayou Gauche Volunteer Fire Department has 28 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 8% above the Louisiana average of 26 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #11,332 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within LA, it ranks #153 of 342 by personnel.

Does Bayou Gauche Volunteer Fire Department provide EMS services?

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

How many fire stations does Bayou Gauche Volunteer Fire Department operate?

Station count data for Bayou Gauche Volunteer Fire Department is not available in the HIFLD database.

What type of fire department is Bayou Gauche Volunteer Fire Department?

Bayou Gauche Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department serving St Charles 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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