Department profile
VolunteerBirdseye Fire Station
Birdseye, IN · Dubois County. Birdseye Fire Station is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 29 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 29
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Birdseye Fire Station pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Indiana average.
- Top 49%
- national personnel size
- +26%
- 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.
Birdseye Fire Station is a Volunteer department serving Birdseye, IN (Dubois County), with 1 station and 29 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #10,934 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #10,934 of 22,440
- IN personnel rank #256 of 589
- 3.45 stations per 100 personnel
- 11 other listed departments in Dubois County
Birdseye Fire Station vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
29 Top 49% higher than 51% 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 19001 · Birdseye Fire Station, IN 29 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 29
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-MID #10,934
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Cocoa Beach
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Cocoa Beach Fire Department, FL (+ 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.
- Birdseye Fire Sta… (this dept) 29
- High North Mountain Vo…, PA 29
- Near Cocoa Beach, FL 29
- Near Edgefield, SC 29
- Near Westside, SC 29
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Birdseye, IN
- County
- Dubois County
- FDID
- 19001
Staffing vs the Indiana average
How Birdseye Fire Station's personnel count compares to the typical department in Indiana. In-state it ranks #256 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #10,934 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
Dubois County HIFLD mix around Birdseye Fire Station
Dubois County: 14 departments, 234 personnel (7 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 79% of departments. County / state rollup.
3.45 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 29 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Cocoa Beach Fire Department, FL (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 29 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IN department.