Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderIndependence Volunteer Fire Department
Independence, LA · Tangipahoa County. Independence Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 33 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.
- 33
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Independence Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Louisiana average.
- Top 39%
- national personnel size
- +27%
- vs. Louisiana average
- 2
- 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.
Independence Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Independence, LA (Tangipahoa County), with 2 stations and 33 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8,732 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #8,732 of 22,440
- LA personnel rank #107 of 342
- 6.06 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 12 other listed departments in Tangipahoa County
Independence Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
33 Top 39% higher than 61% 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 53015 · Independence Volunteer Fire Department, LA 33 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 33
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #8,732
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Evansville Fire P…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Evansville Fire Protection District, WI (+ 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.
- Independence Volu… (this dept) 33
- High Medina Township, OH 33
- Near Evansville Fire P…, WI 33
- Near Brookhaven Nation…, NY 33
- Near Brunswick Hills T…, OH 33
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Independence, LA
- County
- Tangipahoa County
- FDID
- 53015
Staffing vs the Louisiana average
How Independence Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Louisiana. In-state it ranks #107 of 342 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8,732 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 96
- LA departments
- 786
County roster fringe
Independence Volunteer Fire Department is 7.9% of Tangipahoa County roster mass
The county lists 19 departments totaling 418 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 79% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
6.06 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 33 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Evansville Fire Protection District, WI (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 33 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every LA department.