Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderDecatur Township Volunteer Fire Department
Indianapolis, IN · Marion County. Decatur Township Volunteer Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 88 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.
- 88
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Decatur Township Volunteer Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Indiana average.
- Top 5%
- national personnel size
- +283%
- vs. Indiana average
- 1
- station
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.
Decatur Township Volunteer Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Indianapolis, IN (Marion County), with 1 station and 88 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,214 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #1,214 of 22,440
- IN personnel rank #26 of 589
- 1.14 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 17 other listed departments in Marion County
Decatur Township Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
88 Top 5% higher than 95% 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 49006 · Decatur Township Volunteer Fire Department, IN 88 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MID · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 88
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #1,214
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Westfall Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Westfall Volunteer Fire Department, PA (+ 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.
- Decatur Township… (this dept) 88
- High Freeland, PA 88
- Near Westfall Volunteer, PA 88
- Near Middle Island, NY 88
- Near Farmington, NM 88
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Indianapolis, IN
- County
- Marion County
- FDID
- 49006
Staffing vs the Indiana average
How Decatur Township Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Indiana. In-state it ranks #26 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,214 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 94
- IN departments
- 969
County roster fringe
Decatur Township Volunteer Fire Department is 5.9% of Marion County roster mass
The county lists 21 departments totaling 1,494 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 90% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
1.14 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 88 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Westfall Volunteer Fire Department, PA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 88 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IN department.