Department profile
VolunteerMansfield Fire Department - Central Station
Mansfield, LA · De Soto County. Mansfield Fire Department - Central Station is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 21 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 21
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Mansfield Fire Department - Central Station pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Louisiana average.
- 27th pct.
- national personnel size
- -19%
- 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.
Mansfield Fire Department - Central Station is a Volunteer department serving Mansfield, LA (De Soto County), with 2 stations and 21 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #16,365 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #16,365 of 22,440
- LA personnel rank #229 of 342
- 9.52 stations per 100 personnel
- 1 other listed department in De Soto County
Mansfield Fire Department - Central Station vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
21 Top 73% higher than 27% 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 16010 · Mansfield Fire Department - Central Station, LA 21 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 21
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #16,365
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Monette Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Monette Volunteer Fire Department, AR (+ 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.
- Mansfield Fire De… (this dept) 21
- High Castleton Communi…, VA 21
- Near Monette Volunteer, AR 21
- Near Solon Springs Vol…, WI 21
- Near Oakland Volunteer, WI 21
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Mansfield, LA
- County
- De Soto County
- FDID
- 16010
Staffing vs the Louisiana average
How Mansfield Fire Department - Central Station's personnel count compares to the typical department in Louisiana. In-state it ranks #229 of 342 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #16,365 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
Mansfield Fire Department - Central Station is 7.9% of De Soto County roster mass
The county lists 8 departments totaling 265 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 38% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
9.52 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 21 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Monette Volunteer Fire Department, AR (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nationwide volunteer peers near 21 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every LA department.