Department profile
VolunteerHelmer Volunteer Fire Department
Helmer, IN · Steuben County. Helmer Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 32 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 32
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Helmer Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Indiana average.
- Top 41%
- national personnel size
- +39%
- 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.
Helmer Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Helmer, IN (Steuben County), with 1 station and 32 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #9,110 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #9,110 of 22,440
- IN personnel rank #196 of 589
- 3.13 stations per 100 personnel
- 8 other listed departments in Steuben County
Helmer Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
32 Top 41% higher than 59% 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 76004 · Helmer Volunteer Fire Department, IN 32 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 32
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-MID #9,110
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Alliance
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Alliance Fire Department, OH (+ 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.
- Helmer Volunteer (this dept) 32
- High New Franklin, OH 32
- Near Alliance, OH 32
- Near Nimishillen Towns…, OH 32
- Near Radford, VA 32
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Helmer, IN
- County
- Steuben County
- FDID
- 76004
Staffing vs the Indiana average
How Helmer Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Indiana. In-state it ranks #196 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #9,110 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 94
- IN departments
- 969
County roster geometry
Steuben County HIFLD mix around Helmer Volunteer Fire Department
Steuben County: 9 departments, 227 personnel (8 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 67% of departments. County / state rollup.
3.13 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 32 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Alliance Fire Department, OH (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 32 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IN department.