Department profile

Volunteer

Jackson Township Volunteer Fire Department

Brazil, IN · Clay County. Jackson Township Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 21 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

21
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Jackson Township Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Indiana average.

27th pct.
national personnel size
-9%
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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
42/100
Jackson Township 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 C
21 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
21 personnel · 1 station

Jackson Township Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Brazil, IN (Clay County), with 1 station and 21 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #16,315 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #16,315 of 22,440
  • IN personnel rank #434 of 589
  • 4.76 stations per 100 personnel
  • 10 other listed departments in Clay County

Jackson Township Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

21 Top 73% higher than 27% 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 11006 · Jackson Township Volunteer Fire Department, IN 21 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 21
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-LOWER #16,315
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Otoe Volunteer
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Otoe Volunteer Fire Department, NE (+ 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
Brazil, IN
FDID
11006

Staffing vs the Indiana average

How Jackson Township Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Indiana. In-state it ranks #434 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #16,315 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 9% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
94
IN departments
969

County roster geometry

Clay County HIFLD mix around Jackson Township Volunteer Fire Department

Clay County: 11 departments, 164 personnel (7 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 9% of departments. County / state rollup.

4.76 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 21 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Otoe Volunteer Fire Department, NE (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nearby Departments

Bowling Green Volunteer Fire Department
Bowling Green · volunteer
Brazil City Fire Department
Brazil · career
Center Point Fire Department
Center Point · volunteer
Clay City Fire Department
Clay City · volunteer
Cory Volunteer Fire Department
Cory · volunteer
Lewis Township Fire Company
Coalmont · other
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Nationwide volunteer peers near 21 personnel

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