Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderBloomington Township Department of Fire and Rescue
Bloomington, IN · Monroe County. Bloomington Township Department of Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 60 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.
- 60
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Bloomington Township Department of Fire and Rescue pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Indiana average.
- Top 11%
- national personnel size
- +161%
- 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.
Bloomington Township Department of Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department serving Bloomington, IN (Monroe County), with 2 stations and 60 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,561 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,561 of 22,440
- IN personnel rank #47 of 589
- 3.33 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 7 other listed departments in Monroe County
Bloomington Township Department of Fire and Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
60 Top 11% higher than 89% 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 53004 · Bloomington Township Department of Fire and Rescue, IN 60 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 60
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #2,561
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Grahamsville Fire…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Grahamsville Fire District, 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.
- Bloomington Towns… (this dept) 60
- High New Boston, NH 60
- Near Grahamsville Fire…, NY 60
- Near Rock Hill Volunte…, NY 60
- Near Ponchatoula Volun…, LA 60
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Bloomington, IN
- County
- Monroe County
- FDID
- 53004
Staffing vs the Indiana average
How Bloomington Township Department of Fire and Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in Indiana. In-state it ranks #47 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,561 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 94
- IN departments
- 969
County roster geometry
Monroe County HIFLD mix around Bloomington Township Department of Fire and Rescue
Monroe County: 14 departments, 460 personnel (7 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 93% of departments. County / state rollup.
3.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 60 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Grahamsville Fire District, NY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 60 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IN department.