Department profile
OtherProvencal Volunteer Fire Department
Provencal, LA · Natchitoches County. Provencal Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department and 50 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 50
- Total personnel
- Not reported
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Provencal Volunteer Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the Louisiana average.
- Top 18%
- national personnel size
- +92%
- 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.
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.
Provencal Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department serving Provencal, LA (Natchitoches County) and 50 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,016 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #4,016 of 22,440
- LA personnel rank #48 of 342
- 2 other listed departments in Natchitoches County
Provencal Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
50 Top 18% higher than 82% 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 35035 · Provencal Volunteer Fire Department, LA 50 personnel
PERS-MID · STA-UNK · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-MID 50
- STA-UNK Stations pending
- TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #4,016
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Walhalla
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Walhalla Fire Department, ND (+ 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.
- Provencal Volunte… (this dept) 50
- High Bowmansville Fire…, PA 50
- Near Walhalla, ND 50
- Near Monroe-Lakeside F…, NY 50
- Near Mechanicstown, NY 50
Department Profile
- Type
- Location
- Provencal, LA
- County
- Natchitoches County
- FDID
- 35035
Staffing vs the Louisiana average
How Provencal Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Louisiana. In-state it ranks #48 of 342 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,016 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- Not reported
- State fire deaths/yr
- 96
- LA departments
- 786
County roster geometry
Natchitoches County HIFLD mix around Provencal Volunteer Fire Department
Natchitoches County: 17 departments, 493 personnel (5 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 35% of departments. County / state rollup.
Photo-finish peer: Walhalla Fire Department, ND (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide departments near 50 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every LA department.