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Monroe Fire Department

Monroe, LA · Ouachita County. Monroe Fire Department is a fire department, 9 stations and 210 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.

210
Total personnel
9
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Monroe Fire Department pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Louisiana average.

Top 1%
national personnel size
+708%
vs. Louisiana average
9
stations
$167,918
FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record

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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
28/100
Monroe 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 F
$800 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
210 personnel · 9 stations

Monroe Fire Department is a fire department serving Monroe, LA (Ouachita County), with 9 stations and 210 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #208 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $167,918.

  • National personnel rank #208 of 22,440
  • LA personnel rank #4 of 342
  • 4.29 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 1 other listed department in Ouachita County

Monroe Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

210 Top 1% higher than 99% 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 37005 · Monroe Fire Department, LA 210 personnel · 9 stations

PERS-LARGE · STA-MULTI · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-LARGE 210
  • STA-MULTI 9 stations
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #208
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Yardley-Makefield…
  • FEMA-LIGHT $168K
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Yardley-Makefield 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
Monroe, LA
FDID
37005

FEMA Grant History

$168K
Cumulative funding (FY2008–2020)
2
Awards
Year Award Amount
2020 EMW-2020-FG-15516 $184,288.98
2008 EMW2007FF01346 $-16,371

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the Louisiana average

How Monroe Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Louisiana. In-state it ranks #4 of 342 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #208 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 708% above the state average
Stations
9
State fire deaths/yr
96
LA departments
786

County roster weight

Monroe Fire Department carries 50.1% of Ouachita County HIFLD personnel

Among 6 listed departments (419 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 0% of the county count. County / state rollup.

4.29 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (9 stations / 210 roster).

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

Nearby Departments

City of West Monroe Fire Department
West Monroe · career
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Nationwide departments near 210 personnel

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

Yardley-Makefield Fire Company, PA 210 Mount Pleasant Township Volunteer Fire Department 1 - Kecksburg, PA 210 Asheville Fire and Rescue, NC 210 Sandy Spring Volunteer Fire Department, MD 210

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Monroe Fire Department have?

Monroe Fire Department has 210 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 708% above the Louisiana average of 26 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #208 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within LA, it ranks #4 of 342 by personnel.

Does Monroe Fire Department provide EMS services?

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

How many fire stations does Monroe Fire Department operate?

Monroe Fire Department operates 9 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Monroe Fire Department?

Monroe Fire Department is a fire department serving Ouachita County, LA.

Has Monroe Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Monroe Fire Department has received 2 FEMA grants totaling $167,917.98 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2008–2020 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2020.

How many fire departments are in Louisiana?

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

Related guides

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HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.