Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderThird District Volunteer Fire Department
River Ridge, LA · Jefferson County. Third District Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 4 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
- 4
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Third District Volunteer Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Louisiana average.
- Top 12%
- national personnel size
- +131%
- vs. Louisiana average
- 4
- 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.
Third District Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving River Ridge, LA (Jefferson County), with 4 stations and 60 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,721 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,721 of 22,440
- LA personnel rank #32 of 342
- 6.67 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 16 other listed departments in Jefferson County
Third District Volunteer Fire Department 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 26005 · Third District Volunteer Fire Department, LA 60 personnel · 4 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 60
- STA-FEW 4 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #2,721
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Cuylerville Fire…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Cuylerville Fire Department/Ambulance, NY (+ 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.
- Third District Vo… (this dept) 60
- High Wampsville Volunt…, NY 60
- Near Cuylerville Fire…, NY 60
- Near Pleasant Township, OH 60
- Near Moundsville Volun…, WV 60
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- River Ridge, LA
- County
- Jefferson County
- FDID
- 26005
Staffing vs the Louisiana average
How Third District Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Louisiana. In-state it ranks #32 of 342 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,721 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 4
- State fire deaths/yr
- 96
- LA departments
- 786
County roster fringe
Third District Volunteer Fire Department is 5.5% of Jefferson County roster mass
The county lists 27 departments totaling 1,083 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 52% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
6.67 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 60 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Cuylerville Fire Department/Ambulance, NY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 60 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every LA department.