Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Crawfordsville Fire Department

Crawfordsville, IN · Montgomery County. Crawfordsville Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations and 39 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.

39
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Crawfordsville Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Indiana average.

Top 29%
national personnel size
+70%
vs. Indiana average
2
stations
$966,888
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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
53/100
Crawfordsville 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 D
19.5 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 B
$24,792 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
39 personnel · 2 stations

Crawfordsville Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Crawfordsville, IN (Montgomery County), with 2 stations and 39 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,483 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $966,888.

  • National personnel rank #6,483 of 22,440
  • IN personnel rank #115 of 589
  • 5.13 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 9 other listed departments in Montgomery County

Crawfordsville Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

39 Top 29% higher than 71% 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 54001 · Crawfordsville Fire Department, IN 39 personnel · 2 stations

PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 39
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #6,483
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Edgerton Area Fir…
  • FEMA-MID $967K
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Edgerton Area Fire District, WI (+ 0 personnel)

Career/paid 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
CAREER
Location
Crawfordsville, IN
FDID
54001

FEMA Grant History

$967K
Cumulative funding (FY2010–2012)
2
Awards
Year Award Amount
2012 EMW2012FH00794 $966,889
2010 EMW2009FH00860 $-1

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the Indiana average

How Crawfordsville Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Indiana. In-state it ranks #115 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,483 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 70% above the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
94
IN departments
969

County staffing outlier

Career (Paid) island in a volunteer-heavy Montgomery County

County mix is mostly volunteer (5 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.

5.13 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 39 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Edgerton Area Fire District, WI (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Ladoga Volunteer Fire Department
Ladoga · volunteer
Walnut Township Fire Department
New Ross · volunteer
All IN departments →

Nationwide career peers near 39 personnel

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

Edgerton Area Fire District, WI 39 Baraboo Fire Department, WI 39 Spring Lake Fire Department, NY 39 Plain Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services, WI 39 Glens Falls Fire Department, NY 39 Stevens Point Fire Department, WI 39 Pelham Batesville Fire Department, SC 39 City of Mayfield Fire Department, KY 39

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Crawfordsville Fire Department have?

Crawfordsville Fire Department has 39 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 70% above the Indiana average of 23 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #6,483 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within IN, it ranks #115 of 589 by personnel.

Does Crawfordsville Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, Crawfordsville Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Crawfordsville Fire Department operate?

Crawfordsville Fire Department operates 2 fire stations.

What type of fire department is Crawfordsville Fire Department?

Crawfordsville Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Montgomery County, IN. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

Has Crawfordsville Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Crawfordsville Fire Department has received 2 FEMA grants totaling $966,888 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2010–2012 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2012.

How many fire departments are in Indiana?

Indiana has 969 fire departments with 21,919 total personnel. 55% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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