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Hobart Fire Department

Merrillville, IN · Lake County. Hobart Fire Department is a fire department. 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.

Not reported
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service
F
PlainFireData Composite Score
0/100
Hobart 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
No station count on file for this department
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
Other department profile

Hobart Fire Department is a fire department serving Merrillville, IN (Lake County). According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $2,429,364.

  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 27 other listed departments in Lake County

Dispatch plate

Sheet IN-HOBART-FIRE-DEPARTMENT-IN · Hobart Fire Department, IN personnel n/a

PERS-UNK · STA-UNK · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-Y · RANK-UNK · GAP-UNK · FEMA-MID · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-UNK Staff pending
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UNK Rank pending
  • GAP-UNK Gap pending
  • FEMA-MID $2.4M
  • BOOK-PART 2/5 fields

Instrument codes from this department’s HIFLD personnel and station counts, staffing type, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer department, FEMA AFG/SAFER book, and field completeness, not a readiness rating.

Department Profile

Type
Location
Merrillville, IN

FEMA Grant History

$2.4M
Cumulative funding (FY2014–2018)
3
Awards
Year Award Amount
2018 EMW-2018-FR-00170 $953,031.18
2017 EMW-2017-FH-00501 $643,736.62
2014 EMW2013FH00533 $832,596

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

County roster geometry

Lake County HIFLD mix around Hobart Fire Department

Lake County: 34 departments, 1,380 personnel (14 volunteer / 5 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 88% of departments. County / state rollup.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Hobart Fire Department have?

Personnel data for Hobart Fire Department is not available in the HIFLD database.

Does Hobart Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, Hobart Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Hobart Fire Department operate?

Station count data for Hobart Fire Department is not available in the HIFLD database.

What type of fire department is Hobart Fire Department?

Hobart Fire Department is a fire department serving Lake County, IN.

Has Hobart Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Hobart Fire Department has received 3 FEMA grants totaling $2,429,363.8 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2014–2018 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2018.

How many fire departments are in Indiana?

Indiana has 969 fire departments with 21,919 total personnel. 55% are volunteer departments.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Verify with USFA/FEMA →

HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.