Department profile
OtherLake Providence Fire Department
Lake Providence, LA · East Carroll County. Lake Providence Fire Department is a fire department and 17 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 17
- Total personnel
- Not reported
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Lake Providence Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Louisiana average.
- 15th pct.
- national personnel size
- -35%
- vs. Louisiana average
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.
Lake Providence Fire Department is a fire department serving Lake Providence, LA (East Carroll County) and 17 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #19,173 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #19,173 of 22,440
- LA personnel rank #268 of 342
- 2 other listed departments in East Carroll County
Lake Providence Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
17 Top 85% higher than 15% 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 18001 · Lake Providence Fire Department, LA 17 personnel
PERS-SMALL · STA-UNK · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 17
- STA-UNK Stations pending
- TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #19,173
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Cleghorn
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Cleghorn Fire Department, IA (+ 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.
- Lake Providence (this dept) 17
- High Hazel Volunteer, KY 17
- Near Cleghorn, IA 17
- Near Meriden, IA 17
- Near Oklahoma Forensic…, OK 17
Department Profile
- Type
- Location
- Lake Providence, LA
- County
- East Carroll County
- FDID
- 18001
Staffing vs the Louisiana average
How Lake Providence Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Louisiana. In-state it ranks #268 of 342 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #19,173 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- Not reported
- State fire deaths/yr
- 96
- LA departments
- 786
County roster weight
Lake Providence Fire Department carries 27.0% of East Carroll County HIFLD personnel
Among 3 listed departments (63 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 0% of the county count. County / state rollup.
Photo-finish peer: Cleghorn Fire Department, IA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide departments near 17 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every LA department.