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Mermentau Volunteer Fire Department

Mermentau, LA · Acadia County. Mermentau Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department and 40 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.

40
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Mermentau Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Louisiana average.

Top 27%
national personnel size
+54%
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
Mermentau 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
40 personnel

Mermentau Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department serving Mermentau, LA (Acadia County) and 40 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,163 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #6,163 of 22,440
  • LA personnel rank #70 of 342
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 12 other listed departments in Acadia County

Mermentau Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

40 Top 27% higher than 73% 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 01035 · Mermentau Volunteer Fire Department, LA 40 personnel

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

  • PERS-SMALL 40
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #6,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Foster Mound Volu…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Foster Mound Volunteer Fire Department, MS (+ 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
Mermentau, LA
FDID
01035

Staffing vs the Louisiana average

How Mermentau Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Louisiana. In-state it ranks #70 of 342 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,163 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 54% above the state average
Stations
Not reported
State fire deaths/yr
96
LA departments
786

County roster geometry

Acadia County HIFLD mix around Mermentau Volunteer Fire Department

Acadia County: 19 departments, 343 personnel (7 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 89% of departments. County / state rollup.

Photo-finish peer: Foster Mound Volunteer Fire Department, MS (+0 personnel).

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

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Nationwide departments near 40 personnel

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

Foster Mound Volunteer Fire Department, MS 40 Stilwell Volunteer Fire Department, OK 40 Longport Volunteer Fire Department, NJ 40 Canaan Fire Company, CT 40

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Mermentau Volunteer Fire Department have?

Mermentau Volunteer Fire Department has 40 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 54% above the Louisiana average of 26 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #6,163 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within LA, it ranks #70 of 342 by personnel.

Does Mermentau Volunteer Fire Department provide EMS services?

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

How many fire stations does Mermentau Volunteer Fire Department operate?

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

What type of fire department is Mermentau Volunteer Fire Department?

Mermentau Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department serving Acadia 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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