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Hope Volunteer Fire Department

Hope, IN · Bartholomew County. Hope Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 28 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.

28
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Hope Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Indiana average.

49th pct.
national personnel size
+22%
vs. Indiana average
1
station
$468,572
FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record

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.

B
PlainFireData Composite Score
60/100
Hope 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 B
28 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 C
$16,735 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
28 personnel · 1 station

Hope Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Hope, IN (Bartholomew County), with 1 station and 28 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #11,535 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $468,572.

  • National personnel rank #11,535 of 22,440
  • IN personnel rank #267 of 589
  • 3.57 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 10 other listed departments in Bartholomew County

Hope Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

28 Top 51% higher than 49% 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 03011 · Hope Volunteer Fire Department, IN 28 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 28
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-MID #11,535
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ 101 Gamaliel Volu…
  • FEMA-LIGHT $469K
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: 101 Gamaliel Volunteer Fire Protection District, AR (+ 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
Hope, IN
FDID
03011

FEMA Grant History

$469K
Cumulative funding (FY2016)
1
Awards
Year Award Amount
2016 EMW2015FV00435 $468,572

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

Staffing vs the Indiana average

How Hope Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Indiana. In-state it ranks #267 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #11,535 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 22% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
94
IN departments
969

County roster geometry

Bartholomew County HIFLD mix around Hope Volunteer Fire Department

Bartholomew County: 12 departments, 239 personnel (6 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 100% of departments. County / state rollup.

3.57 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 28 roster).

Photo-finish peer: 101 Gamaliel Volunteer Fire Protection District, AR (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Clay Township Fire Department
Columbus · volunteer
Columbus Fire Department
Columbus · career
Elizabethtown Fire and Rescue
Elizabethtown · volunteer
German Township Fire Department
Taylorsville · volunteer
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Nationwide volunteer peers near 28 personnel

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

101 Gamaliel Volunteer Fire Protection District, AR 28 Harmony Fire Department, OK 28 Somerset Township Fire and Emergency Medical Services, MI 28 Savannah Volunteer Fire Company, OH 28 Hillsdale City Fire Department, MI 28 Dayton District Volunteer Fire Department, PA 28 Town of Mansfield Fire Department, CT 28 Frazee Fire Department, MN 28

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Hope Volunteer Fire Department have?

Hope Volunteer Fire Department has 28 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 22% above the Indiana average of 23 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #11,535 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within IN, it ranks #267 of 589 by personnel.

Does Hope Volunteer Fire Department provide EMS services?

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

How many fire stations does Hope Volunteer Fire Department operate?

Hope Volunteer Fire Department operates 1 fire station.

What type of fire department is Hope Volunteer Fire Department?

Hope Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Bartholomew County, IN. Volunteer departments rely on community members who serve without full-time compensation.

Has Hope Volunteer Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Hope Volunteer Fire Department has received 1 FEMA grant totaling $468,572 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2016 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2016.

How many fire departments are in Indiana?

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

Related guides

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