Department profile
VolunteerBerne Fire Department
Berne, IN · Adams County. Berne Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 46 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 46
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Berne Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Indiana average.
- Top 20%
- national personnel size
- +100%
- 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.
Berne Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Berne, IN (Adams County), with 1 station and 46 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,556 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #4,556 of 22,440
- IN personnel rank #79 of 589
- 2.17 stations per 100 personnel
- 4 other listed departments in Adams County
Berne Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
46 Top 20% higher than 80% 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 01001 · Berne Fire Department, IN 46 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 46
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #4,556
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Midway
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Midway Fire Department, NY (+ 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.
- Berne (this dept) 46
- High Woodburn Rural Fi…, OR 46
- Near Midway, NY 46
- Near New Hartford, CT 46
- Near West Valley Fire…, OR 46
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Berne, IN
- County
- Adams County
- FDID
- 01001
Staffing vs the Indiana average
How Berne Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Indiana. In-state it ranks #79 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,556 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 94
- IN departments
- 969
County roster weight
Berne Fire Department carries 28.0% of Adams County HIFLD personnel
Among 5 listed departments (164 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 100% of the county count. County / state rollup.
2.17 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 46 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Midway Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 46 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IN department.