Department profile

Volunteer

Wilson Volunteer Fire Department

Wilson, LA · East Feliciana County. Wilson Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 12 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

12
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

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

4th pct.
national personnel size
-54%
vs. Louisiana average
1
station

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
10/100
Wilson 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 F
12 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
12 personnel · 1 station

Wilson Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Wilson, LA (East Feliciana County), with 1 station and 12 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #21,655 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #21,655 of 22,440
  • LA personnel rank #320 of 342
  • 8.33 stations per 100 personnel
  • 10 other listed departments in East Feliciana County

Wilson Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

12 Top 96% higher than 4% 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 19030 · Wilson Volunteer Fire Department, LA 12 personnel · 1 station

PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MICRO 12
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-LOWER #21,655
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Cattle Creek Volu…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Cattle Creek Volunteer Fire Department, SC (+ 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
Wilson, LA
FDID
19030

Staffing vs the Louisiana average

How Wilson Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Louisiana. In-state it ranks #320 of 342 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #21,655 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 54% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
96
LA departments
786

County roster fringe

Wilson Volunteer Fire Department is 6.3% of East Feliciana County roster mass

The county lists 12 departments totaling 189 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 50% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

8.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 12 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Cattle Creek Volunteer Fire Department, SC (+0 personnel).

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

Nationwide volunteer peers near 12 personnel

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