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Plainview Community Volunteer Fire Department

Glenmora, LA · Rapides County. Plainview Community Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department and 22 total personnel. 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
No
EMS service

The verdict

Plainview Community Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Louisiana average.

29th 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.

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PlainFireData Composite Score
0/100
Plainview Community 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
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
22 personnel

Plainview Community Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department serving Glenmora, LA (Rapides County) and 22 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #15,898 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #15,898 of 22,440
  • LA personnel rank #221 of 342
  • 20 other listed departments in Rapides County

Plainview Community 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 71% higher than 29% 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 40083 · Plainview Community Volunteer Fire Department, LA 22 personnel

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

  • PERS-SMALL 22
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-LOWER #15,898
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Kasota
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Kasota Fire Department, MN (+ 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
Glenmora, LA
FDID
40083

Staffing vs the Louisiana average

How Plainview Community Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Louisiana. In-state it ranks #221 of 342 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #15,898 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 fringe

Plainview Community Volunteer Fire Department is 2.2% of Rapides County roster mass

The county lists 35 departments totaling 1,012 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 94% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

Photo-finish peer: Kasota Fire Department, MN (+0 personnel).

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

Nearby Departments

Echo- Poland Volunteer Fire Department
Alexandria · volunteer
All LA departments →

Nationwide departments near 22 personnel

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

Kasota Fire Department, MN 22 California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, CA 22 Paso Robles Department of Emergency Services, CA 22 Oceano Community Services District, CA 22

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Plainview Community Volunteer Fire Department have?

Plainview Community 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 #15,898 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within LA, it ranks #221 of 342 by personnel.

Does Plainview Community Volunteer Fire Department provide EMS services?

Plainview Community Volunteer Fire Department is not listed as providing EMS in the HIFLD record. Contact local emergency services to confirm which agency covers medical calls.

How many fire stations does Plainview Community Volunteer Fire Department operate?

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

What type of fire department is Plainview Community Volunteer Fire Department?

Plainview Community Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department serving Rapides 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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