Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderGueydan Volunteer Fire Department
Gueydan, LA · Vermilion County. Gueydan Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 24 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.
- 24
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Gueydan Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Louisiana average.
- 36th pct.
- national personnel size
- -8%
- vs. Louisiana average
- 1
- station
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.
Gueydan Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Gueydan, LA (Vermilion County), with 1 station and 24 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #14,465 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #14,465 of 22,440
- LA personnel rank #195 of 342
- 4.17 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 10 other listed departments in Vermilion County
Gueydan Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
24 Top 64% higher than 36% 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 57020 · Gueydan Volunteer Fire Department, LA 24 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 24
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #14,465
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Clarksburg Fire P…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Clarksburg Fire Protection District, CA (+ 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.
- Gueydan Volunteer (this dept) 24
- High West Plainfield F…, CA 24
- Near Clarksburg Fire P…, CA 24
- Near Troy Mills Volunt…, IA 24
- Near Central City, IA 24
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Gueydan, LA
- County
- Vermilion County
- FDID
- 57020
Staffing vs the Louisiana average
How Gueydan Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Louisiana. In-state it ranks #195 of 342 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #14,465 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 96
- LA departments
- 786
County roster fringe
Gueydan Volunteer Fire Department is 7.6% of Vermilion County roster mass
The county lists 18 departments totaling 314 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 44% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
4.17 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 24 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Clarksburg Fire Protection District, CA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 24 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every LA department.