Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderJackson Township Fire Department
Arcadia, IN · Hamilton County. Jackson Township Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 33 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.
- 33
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Jackson Township Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Indiana average.
- Top 39%
- national personnel size
- +43%
- 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.
Jackson Township Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Arcadia, IN (Hamilton County), with 1 station and 33 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8,733 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #8,733 of 22,440
- IN personnel rank #186 of 589
- 3.03 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 9 other listed departments in Hamilton County
Jackson Township Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
33 Top 39% higher than 61% 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 29006 · Jackson Township Fire Department, IN 33 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 33
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #8,733
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Cooks Peak Volunt…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Cooks Peak Volunteer Fire Department, NM (+ 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.
- Jackson Township (this dept) 33
- High Colstrip Fire Dis…, MT 33
- Near Cooks Peak Volunt…, NM 33
- Near Amsterdam, NY 33
- Near Florida Volunteer, NY 33
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Arcadia, IN
- County
- Hamilton County
- FDID
- 29006
Staffing vs the Indiana average
How Jackson Township Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Indiana. In-state it ranks #186 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8,733 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 94
- IN departments
- 969
County roster fringe
Jackson Township Fire Department is 5.7% of Hamilton County roster mass
The county lists 13 departments totaling 582 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 100% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
3.03 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 33 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Cooks Peak Volunteer Fire Department, NM (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 33 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IN department.