Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderRuston Fire Department
Ruston, LA · Lincoln County. Ruston Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 3 stations and 46 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.
- 46
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Ruston Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the Louisiana average.
- Top 21%
- national personnel size
- +77%
- 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.
Ruston Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Ruston, LA (Lincoln County), with 3 stations and 46 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,672 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #4,672 of 22,440
- LA personnel rank #55 of 342
- 6.52 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 2 other listed departments in Lincoln County
Ruston Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
46 Top 21% higher than 79% 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 31015 · Ruston Fire Department, LA 46 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 46
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #4,672
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Wyoming Fire and…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Wyoming Fire and Emergency Medical Services, OH (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid 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.
- Ruston (this dept) 46
- High Twin Lakes Volunt…, WI 46
- Near Wyoming Fire and…, OH 46
- Near Morgantown, WV 46
- Near Bangor-Burns Volu…, WI 46
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Ruston, LA
- County
- Lincoln County
- FDID
- 31015
Staffing vs the Louisiana average
How Ruston Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Louisiana. In-state it ranks #55 of 342 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,672 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
Ruston Fire Department carries 27.9% of Lincoln County HIFLD personnel
Among 6 listed departments (165 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 33% of the county count. County / state rollup.
6.52 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 46 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Wyoming Fire and Emergency Medical Services, OH (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 46 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every LA department.