Department profile

Volunteer

Aurora Fire Department

Aurora, IN · Dearborn County. Aurora Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 45 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

45
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Aurora Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount well above the Indiana average.

Top 21%
national personnel size
+96%
vs. Indiana 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.

A
PlainFireData Composite Score
89/100
Aurora 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 A
45 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
45 personnel · 1 station

Aurora Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Aurora, IN (Dearborn County), with 1 station and 45 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,716 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #4,716 of 22,440
  • IN personnel rank #84 of 589
  • 2.22 stations per 100 personnel
  • 11 other listed departments in Dearborn County

Aurora Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

45 Top 21% higher than 79% 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 15001 · Aurora Fire Department, IN 45 personnel · 1 station

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

  • PERS-SMALL 45
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-UPPER #4,716
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Calcutta Volunteer
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Calcutta Volunteer Fire Department, OH (+ 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 IN department.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Aurora, IN
FDID
15001

Staffing vs the Indiana average

How Aurora Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Indiana. In-state it ranks #84 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,716 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 96% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
94
IN departments
969

County roster geometry

Dearborn County HIFLD mix around Aurora Fire Department

Dearborn County: 12 departments, 274 personnel (6 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 75% of departments. County / state rollup.

2.22 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 45 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Calcutta Volunteer Fire Department, OH (+0 personnel).

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

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 45 personnel

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