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Mer Rouge Volunteer Fire Department

Mer Rouge, LA · Morehouse County. Mer Rouge Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department and 22 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.

22
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Mer Rouge Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Louisiana average.

30th pct.
national personnel size
-15%
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.

F
PlainFireData Composite Score
0/100
Mer Rouge 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
No station count on file for this department
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
22 personnel

Mer Rouge Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department serving Mer Rouge, LA (Morehouse County) and 22 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #15,814 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #15,814 of 22,440
  • LA personnel rank #219 of 342
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 5 other listed departments in Morehouse County

Mer Rouge Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

22 Top 70% higher than 30% 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 34015 · Mer Rouge Volunteer Fire Department, LA 22 personnel

PERS-SMALL · STA-UNK · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-SMALL 22
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #15,814
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Courtland Fire Pr…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Courtland Fire Protection District, CA (+ 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
Mer Rouge, LA
FDID
34015

Staffing vs the Louisiana average

How Mer Rouge Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Louisiana. In-state it ranks #219 of 342 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #15,814 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 15% below the state average
Stations
Not reported
State fire deaths/yr
96
LA departments
786

County roster geometry

Morehouse County HIFLD mix around Mer Rouge Volunteer Fire Department

Morehouse County: 8 departments, 110 personnel (1 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 25% of departments. County / state rollup.

Photo-finish peer: Courtland Fire Protection District, CA (+0 personnel).

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

Nearby Departments

Bastrop Fire Department
Bastrop · other
Beekman Volunteer Fire Department
Bastrop · volunteer
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Nationwide departments near 22 personnel

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

Courtland Fire Protection District, CA 22 Shickley Volunteer Fire Department, NE 22 Delaware Township Volunteer Fire Company, PA 22 Nora Springs Volunteer Fire Department, IA 22

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Mer Rouge Volunteer Fire Department have?

Mer Rouge Volunteer Fire Department has 22 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 15% below the Louisiana average of 26 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #15,814 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within LA, it ranks #219 of 342 by personnel.

Does Mer Rouge Volunteer Fire Department provide EMS services?

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

How many fire stations does Mer Rouge Volunteer Fire Department operate?

Station count data for Mer Rouge Volunteer Fire Department is not available in the HIFLD database.

What type of fire department is Mer Rouge Volunteer Fire Department?

Mer Rouge Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department serving Morehouse 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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