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Goodwill Volunteer Fire Department

Oak Grove, LA · West Carroll County. Goodwill Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department and 20 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

20
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Goodwill Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Louisiana average.

24th pct.
national personnel size
-23%
vs. Louisiana average
$342,858
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.

B
PlainFireData Composite Score
60/100
Goodwill 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
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment C
$17,143 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
20 personnel

Goodwill Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department serving Oak Grove, LA (West Carroll County) and 20 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #17,083 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $342,858.

  • National personnel rank #17,083 of 22,440
  • LA personnel rank #235 of 342
  • 10 other listed departments in West Carroll County

Goodwill Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

20 Top 76% higher than 24% 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 62015 · Goodwill Volunteer Fire Department, LA 20 personnel

PERS-SMALL · STA-UNK · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 20
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-LOWER #17,083
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Middlesex Hose Co…
  • FEMA-LIGHT $343K
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Middlesex Hose Company Incorporated, NY (+ 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
Oak Grove, LA
FDID
62015

FEMA Grant History

$343K
Cumulative funding (FY2017)
1
Awards
Year Award Amount
2017 EMW2016FR00141 $342,858

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the Louisiana average

How Goodwill Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Louisiana. In-state it ranks #235 of 342 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #17,083 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 23% below the state average
Stations
Not reported
State fire deaths/yr
96
LA departments
786

County roster geometry

West Carroll County HIFLD mix around Goodwill Volunteer Fire Department

West Carroll County: 12 departments, 150 personnel (2 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 8% of departments. County / state rollup.

Photo-finish peer: Middlesex Hose Company Incorporated, NY (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Kilbourne Volunteer Fire Department
Kilbourne · volunteer
Oak Grove Fire District
Oak Grove · other
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Nationwide departments near 20 personnel

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

Middlesex Hose Company Incorporated, NY 20 Roff Fire Department, OK 20 Barnes City Volunteer Fire Department, IA 20 Put-IN-Bay Volunteer Fire Department, OH 20

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Goodwill Volunteer Fire Department have?

Goodwill Volunteer Fire Department has 20 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 23% below the Louisiana average of 26 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #17,083 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within LA, it ranks #235 of 342 by personnel.

Does Goodwill Volunteer Fire Department provide EMS services?

Goodwill Volunteer Fire Department is not listed as providing EMS in the HIFLD record. Contact local emergency services to confirm which agency covers medical calls.

How many fire stations does Goodwill Volunteer Fire Department operate?

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

What type of fire department is Goodwill Volunteer Fire Department?

Goodwill Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department serving West Carroll County, LA.

Has Goodwill Volunteer Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Goodwill Volunteer Fire Department has received 1 FEMA grant totaling $342,858 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2017 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2017.

How many fire departments are in Louisiana?

Louisiana has 786 fire departments with 20,402 total personnel. 34% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.