Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderVidalia Fire Department
Vidalia, LA · Concordia County. Vidalia Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 17 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.
- 17
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Vidalia Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Louisiana average.
- 14th pct.
- national personnel size
- -35%
- 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.
Vidalia Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Vidalia, LA (Concordia County), with 1 station and 17 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #19,374 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #19,374 of 22,440
- LA personnel rank #269 of 342
- 5.88 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 3 other listed departments in Concordia County
Vidalia Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
17 Top 86% higher than 14% 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 15025 · Vidalia Fire Department, LA 17 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 17
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #19,374
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Lewis
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Lewis Fire Department, IA (+ 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.
- Vidalia (this dept) 17
- High Cleveland, UT 17
- Near Lewis, IA 17
- Near Tennille, GA 17
- Near Harrison Volunteer, GA 17
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Vidalia, LA
- County
- Concordia County
- FDID
- 15025
Staffing vs the Louisiana average
How Vidalia Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Louisiana. In-state it ranks #269 of 342 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #19,374 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 96
- LA departments
- 786
County staffing outlier
Career (Paid) island in a volunteer-heavy Concordia County
County mix is mostly volunteer (4 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.
5.88 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 17 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Lewis Fire Department, IA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 17 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every LA department.