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Welsh Volunteer Fire Department

Welsh, LA · Jefferson Davis County. Welsh Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department and 20 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.

20
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Welsh Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Louisiana average.

21st pct.
national personnel size
-23%
vs. Louisiana average

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
0/100
Welsh Volunteer Fire Department

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
No station count on file for this department
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
20 personnel

Welsh Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department serving Welsh, LA (Jefferson Davis County) and 20 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #17,796 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #17,796 of 22,440
  • LA personnel rank #246 of 342
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 5 other listed departments in Jefferson Davis County

Welsh Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

20 Top 79% higher than 21% 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 27030 · Welsh Volunteer Fire Department, LA 20 personnel

PERS-SMALL · STA-UNK · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-SMALL 20
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #17,796
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Van Buren Volunte…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Van Buren Volunteer Fire Department, IN (+ 0 personnel)

Instrument codes from this department’s HIFLD personnel and station counts, staffing type, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer department, FEMA AFG/SAFER book, and field completeness, not a readiness rating.

Personnel neighbourhood

Nationwide HIFLD headcount poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every LA department.

Department Profile

Type
Location
Welsh, LA
FDID
27030

Staffing vs the Louisiana average

How Welsh Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Louisiana. In-state it ranks #246 of 342 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #17,796 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 23% below the state average
Stations
Not reported
State fire deaths/yr
96
LA departments
786

County roster fringe

Welsh Volunteer Fire Department is 8.5% of Jefferson Davis County roster mass

The county lists 13 departments totaling 236 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 69% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

Photo-finish peer: Van Buren Volunteer Fire Department, IN (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nearby Departments

Jennings Fire Department
Jennings · volunteer
Lake Arthur Volunteer Fire Department
Lake Arthur · volunteer
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Nationwide departments near 20 personnel

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

Van Buren Volunteer Fire Department, IN 20 Carmel-By-the-Sea Fire Department, CA 20 Cascade Fire Department, SD 20 Jonesboro Volunteer Fire Department, IN 20

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Welsh Volunteer Fire Department have?

Welsh Volunteer Fire Department has 20 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 23% below the Louisiana average of 26 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #17,796 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within LA, it ranks #246 of 342 by personnel.

Does Welsh Volunteer Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, Welsh Volunteer Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Welsh Volunteer Fire Department operate?

Station count data for Welsh Volunteer Fire Department is not available in the HIFLD database.

What type of fire department is Welsh Volunteer Fire Department?

Welsh Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department serving Jefferson Davis County, LA.

How many fire departments are in Louisiana?

Louisiana has 786 fire departments with 20,402 total personnel. 34% are volunteer departments.

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