Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderCarter Fire District
Dale, IN · Spencer County. Carter Fire District is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 46 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.
- 46
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Carter Fire District 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
- $387,165
- FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record
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.
Carter Fire District is a Volunteer department serving Dale, IN (Spencer 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 #4,566 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $387,165.
- National personnel rank #4,566 of 22,440
- IN personnel rank #80 of 589
- 2.17 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 10 other listed departments in Spencer County
Carter Fire District 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 74002 · Carter Fire District, IN 46 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 46
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #4,566
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ North Lawrence
- FEMA-LIGHT $387K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: North Lawrence Fire Department, OH (+ 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.
- Carter Fire Distr… (this dept) 46
- High Bellville-Jeffers…, OH 46
- Near North Lawrence, OH 46
- Near Barberton, OH 46
- Near Madison Township, OH 46
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Dale, IN
- County
- Spencer County
- FDID
- 74002
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | EMW-2024-FG-07654 | $195,712.38 |
| 2015 | EMW2014FV00387 | $191,453 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Indiana average
How Carter Fire District's personnel count compares to the typical department in Indiana. In-state it ranks #80 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,566 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
Carter Fire District carries 25.4% of Spencer County HIFLD personnel
Among 11 listed departments (181 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 64% of the county count. County / state rollup.
2.17 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 46 roster).
Photo-finish peer: North Lawrence Fire Department, OH (+0 personnel).
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.