Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderWard 5 Fire Protection District
Ville Platte, LA · Evangeline County. Ward 5 Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department, 4 stations and 61 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.
- 61
- Total personnel
- 4
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Ward 5 Fire Protection District pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Louisiana average.
- Top 11%
- national personnel size
- +135%
- 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.
Ward 5 Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department serving Ville Platte, LA (Evangeline County), with 4 stations and 61 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,537 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,537 of 22,440
- LA personnel rank #28 of 342
- 6.56 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 8 other listed departments in Evangeline County
Ward 5 Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
61 Top 11% higher than 89% 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 20010 · Ward 5 Fire Protection District, LA 61 personnel · 4 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 61
- STA-FEW 4 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #2,537
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Catskill Fire Com…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Catskill Fire Company, 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.
- Ward 5 Fire Prote… (this dept) 61
- High Westside Fire Pro…, ID 61
- Near Catskill Fire Com…, NY 61
- Near Stoughton, MA 61
- Near Solon, OH 61
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Ville Platte, LA
- County
- Evangeline County
- FDID
- 20010
Staffing vs the Louisiana average
How Ward 5 Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Louisiana. In-state it ranks #28 of 342 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,537 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 4
- State fire deaths/yr
- 96
- LA departments
- 786
County roster geometry
Evangeline County HIFLD mix around Ward 5 Fire Protection District
Evangeline County: 12 departments, 423 personnel (5 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 67% of departments. County / state rollup.
6.56 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 61 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Catskill Fire Company, NY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 61 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every LA department.