Department profile
VolunteerWard 1 Fire Protection District
Lake Charles, LA · Calcasieu County. Ward 1 Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department, 5 stations and 31 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 31
- Total personnel
- 5
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Ward 1 Fire Protection District pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Louisiana average.
- Top 44%
- national personnel size
- +19%
- vs. Louisiana average
- 5
- 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.
Ward 1 Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department serving Lake Charles, LA (Calcasieu County), with 5 stations and 31 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #9,791 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #9,791 of 22,440
- LA personnel rank #119 of 342
- 16.13 stations per 100 personnel
- 12 other listed departments in Calcasieu County
Ward 1 Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
31 Top 44% higher than 56% of 22,440 departments
Listable U.S. fire departments, banded by total personnel
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more departments. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source HIFLD fire-station registry · 2026-09-06
Dispatch plate
Sheet 10025 · Ward 1 Fire Protection District, LA 31 personnel · 5 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 31
- STA-FEW 5 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-MID #9,791
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ East Clark County…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: East Clark County Volunteer Fire Department, AR (+ 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.
- Ward 1 Fire Prote… (this dept) 31
- High Lakeside, AZ 31
- Near East Clark County…, AR 31
- Near Kingsburg, CA 31
- Near Ardmore, OK 31
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Lake Charles, LA
- County
- Calcasieu County
- FDID
- 10025
Staffing vs the Louisiana average
How Ward 1 Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Louisiana. In-state it ranks #119 of 342 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #9,791 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 5
- State fire deaths/yr
- 96
- LA departments
- 786
County roster fringe
Ward 1 Fire Protection District is 5.2% of Calcasieu County roster mass
The county lists 22 departments totaling 594 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 36% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
16.13 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (5 stations / 31 roster).
Photo-finish peer: East Clark County Volunteer Fire Department, AR (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 31 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every LA department.