Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderGaryville Volunteer Fire Department
Garyville, LA · St John The Baptist County. Garyville Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 10 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.
- 10
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Garyville Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well below the Louisiana average.
- 2nd pct.
- national personnel size
- -62%
- vs. Louisiana average
- 2
- stations
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.
Garyville Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Garyville, LA (St John The Baptist County), with 2 stations and 10 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #21,902 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #21,902 of 22,440
- LA personnel rank #327 of 342
- 20.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 5 other listed departments in St John The Baptist County
Garyville Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
10 Top 98% higher than 2% 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 48001 · Garyville Volunteer Fire Department, LA 10 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MICRO · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MICRO 10
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #21,902
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Ottawa Hills Fire…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Ottawa Hills Fire and Rescue Department, OH (+ 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.
- Garyville Volunte… (this dept) 10
- High Clyde Park City, MT 10
- Near Ottawa Hills Fire…, OH 10
- Near Cando, ND 10
- Near Baldwin Volunteer, IA 10
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Garyville, LA
- FDID
- 48001
Staffing vs the Louisiana average
How Garyville Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Louisiana. In-state it ranks #327 of 342 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #21,902 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 96
- LA departments
- 786
County roster fringe
Garyville Volunteer Fire Department is 7.2% of St John The Baptist County roster mass
The county lists 8 departments totaling 138 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 50% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
20.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 10 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Ottawa Hills Fire and Rescue Department, OH (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 10 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every LA department.