Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderLouisiana State Penitentiary Fire Department
Saint Francisville, LA · West Feliciana County. Louisiana State Penitentiary Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 76 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.
- 76
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Louisiana State Penitentiary Fire Department pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Louisiana average.
- Top 7%
- national personnel size
- +192%
- 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.
Louisiana State Penitentiary Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Saint Francisville, LA (West Feliciana County), with 1 station and 76 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,627 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #1,627 of 22,440
- LA personnel rank #17 of 342
- 1.32 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 1 other listed department in West Feliciana County
Louisiana State Penitentiary Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
76 Top 7% higher than 93% 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 63001 · Louisiana State Penitentiary Fire Department, LA 76 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 76
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #1,627
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Circleville Volun…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Circleville Volunteer Fire Department, PA (+ 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.
- Louisiana State P… (this dept) 76
- High Lansing, NY 76
- Near Circleville Volun…, PA 76
- Near Croton Falls Fire…, NY 76
- Near Colonial Heights…, VA 76
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Saint Francisville, LA
- County
- West Feliciana County
- FDID
- 63001
Staffing vs the Louisiana average
How Louisiana State Penitentiary Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Louisiana. In-state it ranks #17 of 342 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,627 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 96
- LA departments
- 786
County roster weight
Louisiana State Penitentiary Fire Department carries 79.2% of West Feliciana County HIFLD personnel
Among 3 listed departments (96 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 67% of the county count. County / state rollup.
1.32 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 76 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Circleville Volunteer Fire Department, PA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 76 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every LA department.