Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderIndianapolis Fire Department
Indianapolis, IN · Marion County. Indianapolis Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 26 stations and 819 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.
- 819
- Total personnel
- 26
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Indianapolis Fire Department pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Indiana average.
- Top 1%
- national personnel size
- +3461%
- vs. Indiana average
- 26
- stations
- $62,814,087
- 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.
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.
Indianapolis Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Indianapolis, IN (Marion County), with 26 stations and 819 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #28 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $62,814,087.
- National personnel rank #28 of 22,440
- IN personnel rank #1 of 589
- 3.17 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 17 other listed departments in Marion County
Indianapolis Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
819 Top 1% higher than 99%+ 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 49009 · Indianapolis Fire Department, IN 819 personnel · 26 stations
PERS-LARGE · STA-SYSTEM · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-HEAVY · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-LARGE 819
- STA-SYSTEM 26 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #28
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Kansas City Kansas
- FEMA-HEAVY $62.8M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Kansas City Kansas Fire Department, KS ( -20 personnel)
Career/paid 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.
- High San Jose, CA 843
- Indianapolis (this dept) 819
- Near Kansas City Kansas, KS 799
- Near Fort Worth, TX 782
- Low Tucson, AZ 770
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Indianapolis, IN
- County
- Marion County
- FDID
- 49009
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | EMW-2022-FF-00493 | $17,599,615 |
| 2021 | EMW-2021-FF-00146 | $15,780,750 |
| 2019 | EMW-2019-FG-01139 | $2,534,247.58 |
| 2018 | EMW-2018-FH-00160 | $7,083,973.89 |
| 2018 | EMW-2018-FO-02909 | $686,226.82 |
| 2017 | EMW-2017-FH-00220 | $5,418,400.47 |
| 2017 | EMW-2017-FO-04144 | $1,949,770 |
| 2016 | EMW2015FO07226 | $181,819 |
| 2015 | EMW2014FH00741 | $4,457,700 |
| 2013 | EMW2012FH00782 | $1,139,951 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Indiana average
How Indianapolis Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Indiana. In-state it ranks #1 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #28 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 26
- State fire deaths/yr
- 94
- IN departments
- 969
County roster weight
Indianapolis Fire Department carries 54.8% of Marion County HIFLD personnel
Among 21 listed departments (1,494 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 5% of the county count. County / state rollup.
3.17 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (26 stations / 819 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Kansas City Kansas Fire Department, KS (-20 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 819 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IN department.