Department profile
VolunteerPrairie Volunteer Fire Department
Arnaudville, LA · St Landry County. Prairie Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 32 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 32
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Prairie Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Louisiana average.
- Top 41%
- national personnel size
- +23%
- vs. Louisiana average
- 1
- station
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.
Prairie Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Arnaudville, LA (St Landry County), with 1 station and 32 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #9,279 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #9,279 of 22,440
- LA personnel rank #116 of 342
- 3.13 stations per 100 personnel
- 11 other listed departments in St Landry County
Prairie Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
32 Top 41% higher than 59% 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 49042 · Prairie Volunteer Fire Department, LA 32 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 32
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-MID #9,279
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Spanish Fork Fire…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Spanish Fork Fire Department and Ambulance, UT (+ 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.
- Prairie Volunteer (this dept) 32
- High Miles Volunteer, IA 32
- Near Spanish Fork Fire…, UT 32
- Near Potts Grove Fire…, PA 32
- Near Warrior Run Area, PA 32
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Arnaudville, LA
- County
- St Landry County
- FDID
- 49042
Staffing vs the Louisiana average
How Prairie Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Louisiana. In-state it ranks #116 of 342 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #9,279 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 96
- LA departments
- 786
County roster fringe
Prairie Volunteer Fire Department is 6.4% of St Landry County roster mass
The county lists 23 departments totaling 498 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 52% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
3.13 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 32 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Spanish Fork Fire Department and Ambulance, UT (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 32 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every LA department.