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Woodworth Volunteer Fire Department

Woodworth, LA · Rapides County. Woodworth Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department and 25 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.

25
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Woodworth Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Louisiana average.

37th pct.
national personnel size
-4%
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
Woodworth 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
25 personnel

Woodworth Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department serving Woodworth, LA (Rapides County) and 25 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #14,182 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #14,182 of 22,440
  • LA personnel rank #186 of 342
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 20 other listed departments in Rapides County

Woodworth Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

25 Top 63% higher than 37% 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 40080 · Woodworth Volunteer Fire Department, LA 25 personnel

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

  • PERS-SMALL 25
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #14,182
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Elysian
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Elysian Fire Department, MN (+ 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
Woodworth, LA
FDID
40080

Staffing vs the Louisiana average

How Woodworth Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Louisiana. In-state it ranks #186 of 342 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #14,182 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 4% below the state average
Stations
Not reported
State fire deaths/yr
96
LA departments
786

County roster fringe

Woodworth Volunteer Fire Department is 2.5% of Rapides County roster mass

The county lists 35 departments totaling 1,012 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 94% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

Photo-finish peer: Elysian Fire Department, MN (+0 personnel).

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

Nearby Departments

Echo- Poland Volunteer Fire Department
Alexandria · volunteer
All LA departments →

Nationwide departments near 25 personnel

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

Elysian Fire Department, MN 25 Pringle Volunteer Fire Department, PA 25 Poca Volunteer Fire Department, WV 25 Cambria Fire Department, CA 25

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Woodworth Volunteer Fire Department have?

Woodworth Volunteer Fire Department has 25 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 4% below the Louisiana average of 26 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #14,182 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within LA, it ranks #186 of 342 by personnel.

Does Woodworth Volunteer Fire Department provide EMS services?

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

How many fire stations does Woodworth Volunteer Fire Department operate?

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

What type of fire department is Woodworth Volunteer Fire Department?

Woodworth Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department serving Rapides 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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