Department profile

Volunteer

Henry Volunteer Fire Department

Erath, LA · Vermilion County. Henry Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 15 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

15
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

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

10th pct.
national personnel size
-42%
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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
21/100
Henry 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 D
15 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
15 personnel · 1 station

Henry Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Erath, LA (Vermilion County), with 1 station and 15 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #20,199 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #20,199 of 22,440
  • LA personnel rank #285 of 342
  • 6.67 stations per 100 personnel
  • 10 other listed departments in Vermilion County

Henry Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

15 Top 90% higher than 10% 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 57025 · Henry Volunteer Fire Department, LA 15 personnel · 1 station

PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MICRO 15
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-LOWER #20,199
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Tulare
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Tulare Fire Department, SD (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Erath, LA
FDID
57025

Staffing vs the Louisiana average

How Henry Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Louisiana. In-state it ranks #285 of 342 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #20,199 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 42% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
96
LA departments
786

County roster fringe

Henry Volunteer Fire Department is 4.8% 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.

6.67 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 15 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Tulare Fire Department, SD (+0 personnel).

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

Nationwide volunteer peers near 15 personnel

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