Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderFrankton Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated
Frankton, IN · Madison County. Frankton Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 26 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.
- 26
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Frankton Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Indiana average.
- 44th pct.
- national personnel size
- +13%
- vs. Indiana average
- 2
- 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.
Frankton Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated is a Volunteer department serving Frankton, IN (Madison County), with 2 stations and 26 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #12,562 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #12,562 of 22,440
- IN personnel rank #306 of 589
- 7.69 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 13 other listed departments in Madison County
Frankton Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
26 Top 56% higher than 44% 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 48008 · Frankton Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated, IN 26 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 26
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #12,562
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Garvin Rural Volu…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Garvin Rural Volunteer Fire Department, OK (+ 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.
- Frankton Voluntee… (this dept) 26
- High Yocum Creek Volun…, KY 26
- Near Garvin Rural Volu…, OK 26
- Near Spencer Township…, OH 26
- Near Schenectady Inter…, NY 26
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Frankton, IN
- County
- Madison County
- FDID
- 48008
Staffing vs the Indiana average
How Frankton Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated's personnel count compares to the typical department in Indiana. In-state it ranks #306 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #12,562 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 94
- IN departments
- 969
County roster fringe
Frankton Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated is 6.1% of Madison County roster mass
The county lists 15 departments totaling 427 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 87% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
7.69 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 26 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Garvin Rural Volunteer Fire Department, OK (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 26 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IN department.