Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderEel River Township Fire and Rescue Incorporated
North Salem, IN · Hendricks County. Eel River Township Fire and Rescue Incorporated is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 25 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.
- 25
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Eel River Township Fire and Rescue Incorporated pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Indiana average.
- 41st pct.
- national personnel size
- +9%
- 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.
Eel River Township Fire and Rescue Incorporated is a Volunteer department serving North Salem, IN (Hendricks County), with 1 station and 25 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #13,320 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #13,320 of 22,440
- IN personnel rank #333 of 589
- 4.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 10 other listed departments in Hendricks County
Eel River Township Fire and Rescue Incorporated vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
25 Top 59% higher than 41% 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 32008 · Eel River Township Fire and Rescue Incorporated, IN 25 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 25
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #13,320
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Chester Fire Prot…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Chester Fire Protection District, CA (+ 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.
- Eel River Townshi… (this dept) 25
- High Cord Fire Station, AR 25
- Near Chester Fire Prot…, CA 25
- Near Deshler Volunteer…, NE 25
- Near Denham Springs, LA 25
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- North Salem, IN
- County
- Hendricks County
- FDID
- 32008
Staffing vs the Indiana average
How Eel River Township Fire and Rescue Incorporated's personnel count compares to the typical department in Indiana. In-state it ranks #333 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #13,320 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
Eel River Township Fire and Rescue Incorporated is 9.4% of Hendricks County roster mass
The county lists 15 departments totaling 265 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 87% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
4.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 25 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Chester Fire Protection District, CA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 25 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IN department.