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Fort Pike Volunteer Fire Department

New Orleans, LA · Orleans County. Fort Pike Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department and 136 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.

136
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Fort Pike Volunteer Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Louisiana average.

Top 2%
national personnel size
+423%
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.

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PlainFireData Composite Score
0/100
Fort Pike 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
136 personnel

Fort Pike Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department serving New Orleans, LA (Orleans County) and 136 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #509 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #509 of 22,440
  • LA personnel rank #6 of 342
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 1 other listed department in Orleans County

Fort Pike Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

136 Top 2% higher than 98% 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 36020 · Fort Pike Volunteer Fire Department, LA 136 personnel

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

  • PERS-MID 136
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #509
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ City of Orange
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: City of Orange Fire Department, CA (+ 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
New Orleans, LA
FDID
36020

Staffing vs the Louisiana average

How Fort Pike Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Louisiana. In-state it ranks #6 of 342 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #509 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 423% above the state average
Stations
Not reported
State fire deaths/yr
96
LA departments
786

County roster geometry

Orleans County HIFLD mix around Fort Pike Volunteer Fire Department

Orleans County: 5 departments, 880 personnel (0 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 40% of departments. County / state rollup.

Photo-finish peer: City of Orange Fire Department, CA (+0 personnel).

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

Nearby Departments

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Nationwide departments near 136 personnel

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

City of Orange Fire Department, CA 136 Lake Station Fire Department, IN 136 City of LA Habra Heights Fire Department, CA 136 North Naples Fire Control and Rescue District, FL 136

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Fort Pike Volunteer Fire Department have?

Fort Pike Volunteer Fire Department has 136 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 423% above the Louisiana average of 26 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #509 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within LA, it ranks #6 of 342 by personnel.

Does Fort Pike Volunteer Fire Department provide EMS services?

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

How many fire stations does Fort Pike Volunteer Fire Department operate?

Station count data for Fort Pike Volunteer Fire Department is not available in the HIFLD database.

What type of fire department is Fort Pike Volunteer Fire Department?

Fort Pike Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department serving Orleans 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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