Department profile
VolunteerIowa Volunteer Fire Department
Iowa, LA · Calcasieu County. Iowa Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 29 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 29
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Iowa Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount in line with the Louisiana average.
- Top 49%
- national personnel size
- +12%
- 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.
Iowa Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Iowa, LA (Calcasieu County), with 1 station and 29 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #11,082 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #11,082 of 22,440
- LA personnel rank #151 of 342
- 3.45 stations per 100 personnel
- 12 other listed departments in Calcasieu County
Iowa Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
29 Top 49% higher than 51% 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 10015 · Iowa Volunteer Fire Department, LA 29 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 29
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-MID #11,082
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Pueblo Rural Fire…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Pueblo Rural Fire Protection District, CO (+ 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.
- Iowa Volunteer (this dept) 29
- High Northeast Ambulan…, MO 29
- Near Pueblo Rural Fire…, CO 29
- Near Crossroads Volunt…, NC 29
- Near Center Conway Fir…, NH 29
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Iowa, LA
- County
- Calcasieu County
- FDID
- 10015
Staffing vs the Louisiana average
How Iowa Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Louisiana. In-state it ranks #151 of 342 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #11,082 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
Iowa Volunteer Fire Department is 4.9% of Calcasieu County roster mass
The county lists 22 departments totaling 594 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 36% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
3.45 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 29 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Pueblo Rural Fire Protection District, CO (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 29 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every LA department.