Department profile

Volunteer

Ward 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.

F
PlainFireData Composite Score
5/100
Ward Four Fire Protection District

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.

Staffing capacity F
5.7 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
34 personnel · 6 stations

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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Jonesboro, LA
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.

▲ 31% above the state average
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).

Nationwide volunteer peers near 34 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every LA department.