Department profile
OtherEMS ProviderCity of Alexandria Fire Department
Alexandria, LA · Rapides County. City of Alexandria Fire Department is a fire department and 125 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.
- 125
- Total personnel
- Not reported
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
City of Alexandria Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Louisiana average.
- Top 3%
- national personnel size
- +381%
- vs. Louisiana average
- $283,110
- 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.
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.
City of Alexandria Fire Department is a fire department serving Alexandria, LA (Rapides County) and 125 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #612 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $283,110.
- National personnel rank #612 of 22,440
- LA personnel rank #8 of 342
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 20 other listed departments in Rapides County
City of Alexandria Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
125 Top 3% higher than 97% 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 40001 · City of Alexandria Fire Department, LA 125 personnel
PERS-MID · STA-UNK · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 125
- STA-UNK Stations pending
- TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #612
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Kutztown Voluntee…
- FEMA-LIGHT $283K
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Kutztown Volunteer Community Fire Company, PA (+ 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.
- City of Alexandria (this dept) 125
- High Bellmore, NY 125
- Near Kutztown Voluntee…, PA 125
- Near Rialto, CA 125
- Near Cobleskill Fire D…, NY 125
Department Profile
- Type
- Location
- Alexandria, LA
- County
- Rapides County
- FDID
- 40001
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | EMW2015FO01757 | $283,110 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Louisiana average
How City of Alexandria Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Louisiana. In-state it ranks #8 of 342 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #612 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- Not reported
- State fire deaths/yr
- 96
- LA departments
- 786
County roster geometry
Rapides County HIFLD mix around City of Alexandria Fire Department
Rapides County: 35 departments, 1,012 personnel (6 volunteer / 2 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 94% of departments. County / state rollup.
Photo-finish peer: Kutztown Volunteer Community Fire Company, PA (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide departments near 125 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every LA department.