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Little Caillou Volunteer Fire Department

Chauvin, LA · Terrebonne County. Little Caillou Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department, 3 stations and 70 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.

70
Total personnel
3
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Little Caillou Volunteer Fire Department pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Louisiana average.

Top 9%
national personnel size
+169%
vs. Louisiana average
3
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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
49/100
Little Caillou 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 C
23.3 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
70 personnel · 3 stations

Little Caillou Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department serving Chauvin, LA (Terrebonne County), with 3 stations and 70 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,932 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #1,932 of 22,440
  • LA personnel rank #21 of 342
  • 4.29 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 16 other listed departments in Terrebonne County

Little Caillou Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

70 Top 9% higher than 91% 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 55040 · Little Caillou Volunteer Fire Department, LA 70 personnel · 3 stations

PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MID 70
  • STA-FEW 3 stations
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #1,932
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Altamont Fire Com…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Altamont 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.

Department Profile

Type
Location
Chauvin, LA
FDID
55040

Staffing vs the Louisiana average

How Little Caillou Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Louisiana. In-state it ranks #21 of 342 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,932 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 169% above the state average
Stations
3
State fire deaths/yr
96
LA departments
786

County roster geometry

Terrebonne County HIFLD mix around Little Caillou Volunteer Fire Department

Terrebonne County: 21 departments, 532 personnel (6 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 67% of departments. County / state rollup.

4.29 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 70 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Altamont Fire Company, PA (+0 personnel).

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

Nearby Departments

Bourg Volunteer Fire Department
Bourg · volunteer
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Nationwide departments near 70 personnel

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

Altamont Fire Company, PA 70 Boswell Volunteer Fire Department, PA 70 Fairville Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated, NY 70 Hawthorne Fire District, NY 70

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Little Caillou Volunteer Fire Department have?

Little Caillou Volunteer Fire Department has 70 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 169% above the Louisiana average of 26 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #1,932 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within LA, it ranks #21 of 342 by personnel.

Does Little Caillou Volunteer Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, Little Caillou Volunteer Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Little Caillou Volunteer Fire Department operate?

Little Caillou Volunteer Fire Department operates 3 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Little Caillou Volunteer Fire Department?

Little Caillou Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department serving Terrebonne County, LA.

How many fire departments are in Louisiana?

Louisiana has 786 fire departments with 20,402 total personnel. 34% are volunteer departments.

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