Department profile
VolunteerWard Four Fire Protection District
Jonesboro, LA · Jackson County. Ward Four Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department, 6 stations and 34 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 34
- Total personnel
- 6
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Ward Four Fire Protection District pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Louisiana average.
- Top 38%
- national personnel size
- +31%
- vs. Louisiana average
- 6
- 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 Four Fire Protection District is a Volunteer department serving Jonesboro, LA (Jackson County), with 6 stations and 34 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8,538 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #8,538 of 22,440
- LA personnel rank #106 of 342
- 17.65 stations per 100 personnel
- 8 other listed departments in Jackson County
Ward Four Fire Protection District vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
34 Top 38% higher than 62% 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 25025 · Ward Four Fire Protection District, LA 34 personnel · 6 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-MULTI · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 34
- STA-MULTI 6 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #8,538
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Alturas City
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Alturas City Fire Department, CA (+ 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 Four Fire Pr… (this dept) 34
- High Bellwood Volunteer, NE 34
- Near Alturas City, CA 34
- Near Cobb Volunteer, WI 34
- Near Rising City Volun…, NE 34
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Jonesboro, LA
- County
- Jackson County
- FDID
- 25025
Staffing vs the Louisiana average
How Ward Four Fire Protection District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Louisiana. In-state it ranks #106 of 342 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8,538 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 6
- State fire deaths/yr
- 96
- LA departments
- 786
County roster weight
Ward Four Fire Protection District carries 30.6% of Jackson County HIFLD personnel
Among 9 listed departments (111 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 44% of the county count. County / state rollup.
17.65 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (6 stations / 34 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Alturas City Fire Department, CA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 34 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every LA department.