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Eighth Ward Volunteer Fire Department of Tangipahoa Parish

Ponchatoula, LA · Tangipahoa County. Eighth Ward Volunteer Fire Department of Tangipahoa Parish is a fire department. 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.

Not reported
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service
F
PlainFireData Composite Score
0/100
Eighth Ward Volunteer Fire Department of Tangipahoa Parish

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
Other department profile

Eighth Ward Volunteer Fire Department of Tangipahoa Parish is a fire department serving Ponchatoula, LA (Tangipahoa County). According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields.

  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 12 other listed departments in Tangipahoa County

Dispatch plate

Sheet LA-EIGHTH-WARD-VOLUNTEER-FIRE-DEPARTMENT-OF-TANGIPAHO-LA · Eighth Ward Volunteer Fire Department of Tangipahoa Parish, LA personnel n/a

PERS-UNK · STA-UNK · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-Y · RANK-UNK · GAP-UNK · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-THIN

  • PERS-UNK Staff pending
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UNK Rank pending
  • GAP-UNK Gap pending
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-THIN 1/5 fields

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.

Department Profile

Type
Location
Ponchatoula, LA

County roster geometry

Tangipahoa County HIFLD mix around Eighth Ward Volunteer Fire Department of Tangipahoa Parish

Tangipahoa County: 19 departments, 418 personnel (6 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 79% of departments. County / state rollup.

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

Nearby Departments

Hammond Fire Department
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Independence Volunteer Fire Department
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Kentwood Volunteer Fire Department
Kentwood · volunteer
Manchac Volunteer Fire Department
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Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Eighth Ward Volunteer Fire Department of Tangipahoa Parish have?

Personnel data for Eighth Ward Volunteer Fire Department of Tangipahoa Parish is not available in the HIFLD database.

Does Eighth Ward Volunteer Fire Department of Tangipahoa Parish provide EMS services?

Yes, Eighth Ward Volunteer Fire Department of Tangipahoa Parish provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Eighth Ward Volunteer Fire Department of Tangipahoa Parish operate?

Station count data for Eighth Ward Volunteer Fire Department of Tangipahoa Parish is not available in the HIFLD database.

What type of fire department is Eighth Ward Volunteer Fire Department of Tangipahoa Parish?

Eighth Ward Volunteer Fire Department of Tangipahoa Parish is a fire department serving Tangipahoa 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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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.