Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Francesville Volunteer Fire Department

Francesville, IN · Pulaski County. Francesville Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 19 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.

19
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Francesville Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Indiana average.

20th pct.
national personnel size
-17%
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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
35/100
Francesville Volunteer 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 D
19 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
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
19 personnel · 1 station

Francesville Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Francesville, IN (Pulaski County), with 1 station and 19 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #17,978 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #17,978 of 22,440
  • IN personnel rank #486 of 589
  • 5.26 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 4 other listed departments in Pulaski County

Francesville Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

19 Top 80% higher than 20% 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 66001 · Francesville Volunteer Fire Department, IN 19 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 19
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #17,978
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Magnolia Volunteer
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Magnolia Volunteer Fire Department, MS (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Francesville, IN
FDID
66001

Staffing vs the Indiana average

How Francesville Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Indiana. In-state it ranks #486 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #17,978 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 17% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
94
IN departments
969

County roster weight

Francesville Volunteer Fire Department carries 34.5% of Pulaski County HIFLD personnel

Among 5 listed departments (55 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 60% of the county count. County / state rollup.

5.26 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 19 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Magnolia Volunteer Fire Department, MS (+0 personnel).

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

Nearby Departments

Medaryville Fire Department
Medaryville · other
Monterey Volunteer Fire Department
Monterey · volunteer
Winamac Volunteer Fire Department
Winamac · volunteer
All IN departments →

Nationwide volunteer peers near 19 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IN department.