Department profile
VolunteerNorth Bienville Fire Protection District
Arcadia, LA · Bienville County. North Bienville Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department, 8 stations and 43 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 43
- Total personnel
- 8
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
North Bienville Fire Protection District pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the Louisiana average.
- Top 24%
- national personnel size
- +65%
- vs. Louisiana average
- 8
- 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.
North Bienville Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department serving Arcadia, LA (Bienville County), with 8 stations and 43 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #5,350 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #5,350 of 22,440
- LA personnel rank #60 of 342
- 18.60 stations per 100 personnel
- 10 other listed departments in Bienville County
North Bienville Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
43 Top 24% higher than 76% 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 07045 · North Bienville Fire Protection District, LA 43 personnel · 8 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-MULTI · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 43
- STA-MULTI 8 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #5,350
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Belmont County
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Belmont County Fire Department, OH (+ 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.
- North Bienville F… (this dept) 43
- High Baltic, CT 43
- Near Belmont County, OH 43
- Near Frederick County…, VA 43
- Near Williamsburg Fire…, NC 43
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Arcadia, LA
- County
- Bienville County
- FDID
- 07045
Staffing vs the Louisiana average
How North Bienville Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Louisiana. In-state it ranks #60 of 342 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #5,350 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 8
- State fire deaths/yr
- 96
- LA departments
- 786
County roster geometry
Bienville County HIFLD mix around North Bienville Fire Protection District
Bienville County: 12 departments, 179 personnel (2 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 75% of departments. County / state rollup.
18.60 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (8 stations / 43 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Belmont County Fire Department, OH (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 43 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every LA department.