Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderDonaldsonville Fire Department
Donaldsonville, LA · Ascension County. Donaldsonville Fire Department is a Volunteer department and 29 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.
- 29
- Total personnel
- Not reported
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Donaldsonville Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the Louisiana average.
- Top 49%
- national personnel size
- +12%
- 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.
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.
Donaldsonville Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Donaldsonville, LA (Ascension County) and 29 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #11,013 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #11,013 of 22,440
- LA personnel rank #150 of 342
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 3 other listed departments in Ascension County
Donaldsonville Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
29 Top 49% higher than 51% 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 03001 · Donaldsonville Fire Department, LA 29 personnel
PERS-SMALL · STA-UNK · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 29
- STA-UNK Stations pending
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #11,013
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Lawrenceburg
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Lawrenceburg Fire Department, KY (+ 0 personnel)
Volunteer HIFLD roster counts, station rows, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer, and FEMA AFG/SAFER book for this FDID, not a readiness rating.
Personnel neighbourhood
Nationwide HIFLD headcount poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every LA department.
- Donaldsonville (this dept) 29
- High Cumberland Fire D…, WI 29
- Near Lawrenceburg, KY 29
- Near Groton, SD 29
- Near Mocksville, NC 29
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Donaldsonville, LA
- County
- Ascension County
- FDID
- 03001
Staffing vs the Louisiana average
How Donaldsonville Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Louisiana. In-state it ranks #150 of 342 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #11,013 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
Ascension County HIFLD mix around Donaldsonville Fire Department
Ascension County: 11 departments, 251 personnel (6 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 100% of departments. County / state rollup.
Photo-finish peer: Lawrenceburg Fire Department, KY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 29 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every LA department.