Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Bloomington 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.

B
PlainFireData Composite Score
67/100
Bloomington Township Department of Fire and Rescue

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
30 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
60 personnel · 2 stations

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.

Department Profile

Type
MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
Location
Bloomington, IN
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.

▲ 161% above the state average
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

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 60 personnel

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