Department profile
VolunteerJennings Township Volunteer Fire Department
Austin, IN · Scott County. Jennings Township Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 24 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 24
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Jennings Township Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Indiana average.
- 35th pct.
- national personnel size
- +4%
- 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.
Jennings Township Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Austin, IN (Scott County), with 1 station and 24 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #14,518 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #14,518 of 22,440
- IN personnel rank #368 of 589
- 4.17 stations per 100 personnel
- 5 other listed departments in Scott County
Jennings Township Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
24 Top 65% higher than 35% 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 72002 · Jennings Township Volunteer Fire Department, IN 24 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 24
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-LOWER #14,518
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Sibley Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Sibley Volunteer Fire Department, IA (+ 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.
- Jennings Township… (this dept) 24
- High Henderson, MN 24
- Near Sibley Volunteer, IA 24
- Near Berryhill Fire Pr…, OK 24
- Near Green Isle, MN 24
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Austin, IN
- County
- Scott County
- FDID
- 72002
Staffing vs the Indiana average
How Jennings Township Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Indiana. In-state it ranks #368 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #14,518 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 94
- IN departments
- 969
County roster weight
Jennings Township Volunteer Fire Department carries 46.2% of Scott County HIFLD personnel
Among 7 listed departments (52 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 29% of the county count. County / state rollup.
4.17 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 24 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Sibley Volunteer Fire Department, IA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 24 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IN department.