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Goudeau Volunteer Fire Department

Evergreen, LA · Avoyelles County. Goudeau Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department and 23 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.

23
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Goudeau Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Louisiana average.

33rd pct.
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.

F
PlainFireData Composite Score
0/100
Goudeau 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
23 personnel

Goudeau Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department serving Evergreen, LA (Avoyelles County) and 23 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #15,073 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #15,073 of 22,440
  • LA personnel rank #204 of 342
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 14 other listed departments in Avoyelles County

Goudeau Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

23 Top 67% higher than 33% 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 05023 · Goudeau Volunteer Fire Department, LA 23 personnel

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

  • PERS-SMALL 23
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #15,073
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Dunken Volunteer
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Dunken Volunteer Fire Department, NM (+ 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
Evergreen, LA
FDID
05023

Staffing vs the Louisiana average

How Goudeau Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Louisiana. In-state it ranks #204 of 342 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #15,073 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 12% below the state average
Stations
Not reported
State fire deaths/yr
96
LA departments
786

County roster fringe

Goudeau Volunteer Fire Department is 6.4% of Avoyelles County roster mass

The county lists 22 departments totaling 357 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 82% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

Photo-finish peer: Dunken Volunteer Fire Department, NM (+0 personnel).

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

Nearby Departments

Bunkie Fire Department
Bunkie · volunteer
Effie Volunteer Fire Department
Center Point · other
Evergreen Volunteer Fire Department
Evergreen · volunteer
Fifth Ward Volunteer Fire Department
Marksville · volunteer
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Nationwide departments near 23 personnel

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

Dunken Volunteer Fire Department, NM 23 Pleasant Grove Volunteer Fire Department, AL 23 Davenport Fire Department, FL 23 Zinc Volunteer Fire Department, AR 23

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Goudeau Volunteer Fire Department have?

Goudeau Volunteer Fire Department has 23 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 12% below the Louisiana average of 26 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #15,073 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within LA, it ranks #204 of 342 by personnel.

Does Goudeau Volunteer Fire Department provide EMS services?

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

How many fire stations does Goudeau Volunteer Fire Department operate?

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

What type of fire department is Goudeau Volunteer Fire Department?

Goudeau Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department serving Avoyelles 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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