Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderHammond Fire Department - Central Station
Hammond, LA · Tangipahoa County. Hammond Fire Department - Central Station is a Career (Paid) department, 6 stations and 65 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.
- 65
- Total personnel
- 6
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Hammond Fire Department - Central Station pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Louisiana average.
- Top 10%
- national personnel size
- +150%
- vs. Louisiana average
- 6
- 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.
Hammond Fire Department - Central Station is a Career (Paid) department serving Hammond, LA (Tangipahoa County), with 6 stations and 65 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,215 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,215 of 22,440
- LA personnel rank #22 of 342
- 9.23 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 12 other listed departments in Tangipahoa County
Hammond Fire Department - Central Station vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
65 Top 10% higher than 90% 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 53060 · Hammond Fire Department - Central Station, LA 65 personnel · 6 stations
PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 65
- STA-MULTI 6 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #2,215
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Harrison Township…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Harrison Township Volunteer Fire Company, PA (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid 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.
- Hammond Fire Depa… (this dept) 65
- High Hudson New Hampsh…, NH 65
- Near Harrison Township…, PA 65
- Near Parkersburg Fire…, WV 65
- Near North End Fire Co…, PA 65
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Hammond, LA
- County
- Tangipahoa County
- FDID
- 53060
Staffing vs the Louisiana average
How Hammond Fire Department - Central Station's personnel count compares to the typical department in Louisiana. In-state it ranks #22 of 342 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,215 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 6
- State fire deaths/yr
- 96
- LA departments
- 786
County staffing outlier
Career (Paid) island in a volunteer-heavy Tangipahoa County
County mix is mostly volunteer (6 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.
9.23 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (6 stations / 65 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Harrison Township Volunteer Fire Company, PA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 65 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every LA department.