Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderBaugo Township Fire Department
Elkhart, IN · Elkhart County. Baugo Township Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 36 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.
- 36
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Baugo Township Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Indiana average.
- Top 32%
- national personnel size
- +57%
- vs. Indiana average
- 2
- stations
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.
Baugo Township Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Elkhart, IN (Elkhart County), with 2 stations and 36 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #7,207 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #7,207 of 22,440
- IN personnel rank #133 of 589
- 5.56 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 19 other listed departments in Elkhart County
Baugo Township Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
36 Top 32% higher than 68% 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 20001 · Baugo Township Fire Department, IN 36 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 36
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #7,207
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Brandon Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Brandon Volunteer Fire Department, WI (+ 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.
- Baugo Township (this dept) 36
- High Highland Lakes, NJ 36
- Near Brandon Volunteer, WI 36
- Near North Fond Du Lac…, WI 36
- Near Sissonville Mille…, WV 36
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Elkhart, IN
- County
- Elkhart County
- FDID
- 20001
Staffing vs the Indiana average
How Baugo Township Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Indiana. In-state it ranks #133 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,207 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 94
- IN departments
- 969
County roster fringe
Baugo Township Fire Department is 8.0% of Elkhart County roster mass
The county lists 22 departments totaling 451 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 86% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
5.56 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 36 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Brandon Volunteer Fire Department, WI (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 36 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IN department.