Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderBainbridge Volunteer Fire Department
Bainbridge, IN · Putnam County. Bainbridge Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 31 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.
- 31
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Bainbridge Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Indiana average.
- Top 42%
- national personnel size
- +35%
- 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 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.
Bainbridge Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Bainbridge, IN (Putnam County), with 1 station and 31 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #9,455 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #9,455 of 22,440
- IN personnel rank #208 of 589
- 3.23 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 9 other listed departments in Putnam County
Bainbridge Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
31 Top 42% higher than 58% 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 67001 · Bainbridge Volunteer Fire Department, IN 31 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 31
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #9,455
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Greenwood Volunte…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Greenwood Volunteer Fire Department, AR (+ 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.
- Bainbridge Volunt… (this dept) 31
- High Ely, MN 31
- Near Greenwood Volunte…, AR 31
- Near Ogallala Volunteer, NE 31
- Near Rostraver Townshi…, PA 31
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Bainbridge, IN
- County
- Putnam County
- FDID
- 67001
Staffing vs the Indiana average
How Bainbridge Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Indiana. In-state it ranks #208 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #9,455 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 94
- IN departments
- 969
County roster geometry
Putnam County HIFLD mix around Bainbridge Volunteer Fire Department
Putnam County: 11 departments, 260 personnel (10 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 55% of departments. County / state rollup.
3.23 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 31 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Greenwood Volunteer Fire Department, AR (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 31 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IN department.