Department profile
OtherEMS ProviderPaulina Grand Point Belmont Volunteer Fire Department - Hester Station
Uncle Sam, LA · St James County. Paulina Grand Point Belmont Volunteer Fire Department - Hester Station is a fire department, 3 stations and 60 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.
- 60
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Paulina Grand Point Belmont Volunteer Fire Department - Hester Station pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Louisiana average.
- Top 12%
- national personnel size
- +131%
- vs. Louisiana average
- 3
- 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.
Paulina Grand Point Belmont Volunteer Fire Department - Hester Station is a fire department serving Uncle Sam, LA (St James County), with 3 stations and 60 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,682 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,682 of 22,440
- LA personnel rank #30 of 342
- 5.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 7 other listed departments in St James County
Paulina Grand Point Belmont Volunteer Fire Department - Hester Station vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
60 Top 12% higher than 88% 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 47010 · Paulina Grand Point Belmont Volunteer Fire Department - Hester Station, LA 60 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 60
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #2,682
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Beukendal
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Beukendal Fire Department, NY (+ 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.
- Paulina Grand Poi… (this dept) 60
- High Red Hill Fire Com…, PA 60
- Near Beukendal, NY 60
- Near Abington Township…, PA 60
- Near Upper Gwynedd Tow…, PA 60
Department Profile
- Type
- Location
- Uncle Sam, LA
- County
- St James County
- FDID
- 47010
Staffing vs the Louisiana average
How Paulina Grand Point Belmont Volunteer Fire Department - Hester Station's personnel count compares to the typical department in Louisiana. In-state it ranks #30 of 342 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,682 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 96
- LA departments
- 786
County roster weight
Paulina Grand Point Belmont Volunteer Fire Department - Hester Station carries 25.6% of St James County HIFLD personnel
Among 10 listed departments (234 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 40% of the county count. County / state rollup.
5.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 60 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Beukendal Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide departments near 60 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every LA department.