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Decatur Township Fire Department

West Newton, IN · Marion County. Decatur Township Fire Department is a fire department. 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.

Not reported
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service
F
PlainFireData Composite Score
0/100
Decatur Township 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
No station count on file for this department
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
Other department profile

Decatur Township Fire Department is a fire department serving West Newton, IN (Marion County). According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $3,522,050.

  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 17 other listed departments in Marion County

Dispatch plate

Sheet IN-DECATUR-TOWNSHIP-FIRE-DEPARTMENT-IN · Decatur Township Fire Department, IN personnel n/a

PERS-UNK · STA-UNK · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-Y · RANK-UNK · GAP-UNK · FEMA-MID · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-UNK Staff pending
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UNK Rank pending
  • GAP-UNK Gap pending
  • FEMA-MID $3.5M
  • BOOK-PART 2/5 fields

Instrument codes from this department’s HIFLD personnel and station counts, staffing type, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer department, FEMA AFG/SAFER book, and field completeness, not a readiness rating.

Department Profile

Type
Location
West Newton, IN

FEMA Grant History

$3.5M
Cumulative funding (FY2010–2021)
5
Awards
Year Award Amount
2021 EMW-2021-FG-11958 $327,272.72
2020 EMW-2020-FF-01773 $944,964.2
2017 EMW2016FR00515 $744,873
2014 EMW2013FO05852 $770,823
2010 EMW2010FH01032 $734,117

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

County roster geometry

Marion County HIFLD mix around Decatur Township Fire Department

Marion County: 21 departments, 1,494 personnel (1 volunteer / 8 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 90% of departments. County / state rollup.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Decatur Township Fire Department have?

Personnel data for Decatur Township Fire Department is not available in the HIFLD database.

Does Decatur Township Fire Department provide EMS services?

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

How many fire stations does Decatur Township Fire Department operate?

Station count data for Decatur Township Fire Department is not available in the HIFLD database.

What type of fire department is Decatur Township Fire Department?

Decatur Township Fire Department is a fire department serving Marion County, IN.

Has Decatur Township Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Decatur Township Fire Department has received 5 FEMA grants totaling $3,522,049.92 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2010–2021 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2021.

How many fire departments are in Indiana?

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

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Verify with USFA/FEMA →

HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.