Department profile
OtherEMS ProviderHouma Fire Department - South Houma Memorial Station
Houma, LA · Terrebonne County. Houma Fire Department - South Houma Memorial Station is a fire department, 5 stations and 64 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.
- 64
- Total personnel
- 5
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Houma Fire Department - South Houma Memorial Station pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Louisiana average.
- Top 10%
- national personnel size
- +146%
- vs. Louisiana average
- 5
- 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.
Houma Fire Department - South Houma Memorial Station is a fire department serving Houma, LA (Terrebonne County), with 5 stations and 64 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,310 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,310 of 22,440
- LA personnel rank #25 of 342
- 7.81 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 16 other listed departments in Terrebonne County
Houma Fire Department - South Houma Memorial Station vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
64 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 55070 · Houma Fire Department - South Houma Memorial Station, LA 64 personnel · 5 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 64
- STA-FEW 5 stations
- TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #2,310
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Suedberg Communit…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Suedberg Community Fire Company, PA (+ 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.
- Houma Fire Depart… (this dept) 64
- High City of Beloit, WI 64
- Near Suedberg Communit…, PA 64
- Near Middletown Fire P…, KY 64
- Near New Lebanon, OH 64
Department Profile
- Type
- Location
- Houma, LA
- County
- Terrebonne County
- FDID
- 55070
Staffing vs the Louisiana average
How Houma Fire Department - South Houma Memorial Station's personnel count compares to the typical department in Louisiana. In-state it ranks #25 of 342 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,310 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 5
- State fire deaths/yr
- 96
- LA departments
- 786
County roster geometry
Terrebonne County HIFLD mix around Houma Fire Department - South Houma Memorial Station
Terrebonne County: 21 departments, 532 personnel (6 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 67% of departments. County / state rollup.
7.81 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (5 stations / 64 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Suedberg Community Fire Company, PA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide departments near 64 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every LA department.