Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderElkhart Fire Department - Central Station
Elkhart, IN · Elkhart County. Elkhart Fire Department - Central Station is a Career (Paid) department, 7 stations and 128 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.
- 128
- Total personnel
- 7
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Elkhart Fire Department - Central Station pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Indiana average.
- Top 3%
- national personnel size
- +457%
- vs. Indiana average
- 7
- stations
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.
Elkhart Fire Department - Central Station is a Career (Paid) department serving Elkhart, IN (Elkhart County), with 7 stations and 128 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #581 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #581 of 22,440
- IN personnel rank #12 of 589
- 5.47 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 19 other listed departments in Elkhart County
Elkhart Fire Department - Central Station vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
128 Top 3% higher than 97% 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 20006 · Elkhart Fire Department - Central Station, IN 128 personnel · 7 stations
PERS-MID · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 128
- STA-MULTI 7 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #581
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Chippewa Fire Dis…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Chippewa 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.
- Elkhart Fire Depa… (this dept) 128
- High Rapid City Depart…, SD 128
- Near Chippewa Fire Dis…, WI 128
- Near Kingsville Volunt…, MD 128
- Near San Diego Rural F…, CA 128
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Elkhart, IN
- County
- Elkhart County
- FDID
- 20006
Staffing vs the Indiana average
How Elkhart Fire Department - Central Station's personnel count compares to the typical department in Indiana. In-state it ranks #12 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #581 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 7
- State fire deaths/yr
- 94
- IN departments
- 969
County roster weight
Elkhart Fire Department - Central Station carries 28.4% of Elkhart County HIFLD personnel
Among 22 listed departments (451 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 41% of the county count. County / state rollup.
5.47 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (7 stations / 128 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Chippewa Fire District, WI (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 128 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IN department.