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Bayou Goula Volunteer Fire Department

Bayou Goula, LA · Iberville County. Bayou Goula Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department and 12 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

12
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Bayou Goula Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well below the Louisiana average.

5th pct.
national personnel size
-54%
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 Goula 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
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
12 personnel

Bayou Goula Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department serving Bayou Goula, LA (Iberville County) and 12 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #21,280 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #21,280 of 22,440
  • LA personnel rank #309 of 342
  • 10 other listed departments in Iberville County

Bayou Goula Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

12 Top 95% higher than 5% 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 24040 · Bayou Goula Volunteer Fire Department, LA 12 personnel

PERS-MICRO · STA-UNK · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-MICRO 12
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-LOWER #21,280
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Branch Volunteer
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Branch Volunteer Fire Department, AR (+ 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
Bayou Goula, LA
FDID
24040

Staffing vs the Louisiana average

How Bayou Goula Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Louisiana. In-state it ranks #309 of 342 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #21,280 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 54% below the state average
Stations
Not reported
State fire deaths/yr
96
LA departments
786

County roster fringe

Bayou Goula Volunteer Fire Department is 5.2% of Iberville County roster mass

The county lists 12 departments totaling 231 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 83% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

Photo-finish peer: Branch Volunteer Fire Department, AR (+0 personnel).

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

Nearby Departments

Bayou Blue Volunteer Fire Department
Grosse Tete · volunteer
Bayou Pigeon Volunteer Fire Department
Plaquemine · volunteer
Bayou Sorrel Fire Department
Plaquemine · other
East Iberville Volunteer Fire Department
Saint Gabriel · volunteer
Maringouin Volunteer Fire Department
Maringouin · volunteer
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Nationwide departments near 12 personnel

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

Branch Volunteer Fire Department, AR 12 Williston Volunteer Fire Department, TN 12 Westport Volunteer Fire Department, CA 12 Lost River Fire District, ID 12

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Bayou Goula Volunteer Fire Department have?

Bayou Goula Volunteer Fire Department has 12 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 54% below the Louisiana average of 26 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #21,280 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within LA, it ranks #309 of 342 by personnel.

Does Bayou Goula Volunteer Fire Department provide EMS services?

Bayou Goula Volunteer Fire Department is not listed as providing EMS in the HIFLD record. Contact local emergency services to confirm which agency covers medical calls.

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

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

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

Bayou Goula Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department serving Iberville 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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