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East Columbus Independent Fire Department

Columbus, IN · Bartholomew County. East Columbus Independent 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
East Columbus Independent 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

East Columbus Independent Fire Department is a fire department serving Columbus, IN (Bartholomew County). According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields.

  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 10 other listed departments in Bartholomew County

Dispatch plate

Sheet IN-EAST-COLUMBUS-INDEPENDENT-FIRE-DEPARTMENT-IN · East Columbus Independent Fire Department, IN personnel n/a

PERS-UNK · STA-UNK · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-Y · RANK-UNK · GAP-UNK · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-THIN

  • 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-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-THIN 1/5 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
Columbus, IN

County roster geometry

Bartholomew County HIFLD mix around East Columbus Independent Fire Department

Bartholomew County: 12 departments, 239 personnel (6 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 100% of departments. County / state rollup.

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nearby Departments

Clay Township Fire Department
Columbus · volunteer
Columbus Fire Department
Columbus · career
Elizabethtown Fire and Rescue
Elizabethtown · volunteer
German Township Fire Department
Taylorsville · volunteer
Hope Volunteer Fire Department
Hope · volunteer
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Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does East Columbus Independent Fire Department have?

Personnel data for East Columbus Independent Fire Department is not available in the HIFLD database.

Does East Columbus Independent Fire Department provide EMS services?

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

How many fire stations does East Columbus Independent Fire Department operate?

Station count data for East Columbus Independent Fire Department is not available in the HIFLD database.

What type of fire department is East Columbus Independent Fire Department?

East Columbus Independent Fire Department is a fire department serving Bartholomew County, IN.

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