Department profile

Volunteer

Blooming Grove Volunteer Fire Department

Brookville, IN · Franklin County. Blooming Grove Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 33 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

33
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Blooming Grove Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Indiana average.

Top 38%
national personnel size
+43%
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.

B
PlainFireData Composite Score
75/100
Blooming Grove Volunteer 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 B
33 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
33 personnel · 1 station

Blooming Grove Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Brookville, IN (Franklin County), with 1 station and 33 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8,588 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #8,588 of 22,440
  • IN personnel rank #176 of 589
  • 3.03 stations per 100 personnel
  • 8 other listed departments in Franklin County

Blooming Grove Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

33 Top 38% higher than 62% of 22,440 departments

Listable U.S. fire departments, banded by total personnel

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more departments. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source HIFLD fire-station registry · 2026-09-06

Dispatch plate

Sheet 24001 · Blooming Grove Volunteer Fire Department, IN 33 personnel · 1 station

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

  • PERS-SMALL 33
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-UPPER #8,588
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Compass Lake IN t…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Compass Lake IN the Hills Volunteer 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Brookville, IN
FDID
24001

Staffing vs the Indiana average

How Blooming Grove Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Indiana. In-state it ranks #176 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8,588 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 43% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
94
IN departments
969

County roster weight

Blooming Grove Volunteer Fire Department carries 30.3% of Franklin County HIFLD personnel

Among 9 listed departments (109 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 44% of the county count. County / state rollup.

3.03 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 33 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Compass Lake IN the Hills Volunteer Fire Department, FL (+0 personnel).

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

Nationwide volunteer peers near 33 personnel

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