Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderKendallville Fire
Kendallville, IN · Noble County. Kendallville Fire is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 40 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.
- 40
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Kendallville Fire pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Indiana average.
- Top 27%
- national personnel size
- +74%
- vs. Indiana average
- 2
- stations
- $1,900,192
- 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.
Kendallville Fire is a Volunteer department serving Kendallville, IN (Noble County), with 2 stations and 40 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,099 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $1,900,192.
- National personnel rank #6,099 of 22,440
- IN personnel rank #111 of 589
- 5.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 7 other listed departments in Noble County
Kendallville Fire vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
40 Top 27% higher than 73% 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 57003 · Kendallville Fire, IN 40 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 40
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #6,099
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ North View Fire A…
- FEMA-MID $1.9M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: North View Fire Agency, UT (+ 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.
- Kendallville Fire (this dept) 40
- High Conemaugh Townshi…, PA 40
- Near North View Fire A…, UT 40
- Near South Ogden, UT 40
- Near Rockwood Fire Dep…, PA 40
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Kendallville, IN
- County
- Noble County
- FDID
- 57003
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | EMW-2024-FG-01792 | $185,304.76 |
| 2023 | EMW-2023-FG-06299 | $878,486.36 |
| 2023 | EMW-2023-FF-00524 | $263,383.54 |
| 2012 | EMW-2012-FH-0014 | $573,017 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Indiana average
How Kendallville Fire's personnel count compares to the typical department in Indiana. In-state it ranks #111 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,099 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 94
- IN departments
- 969
County roster geometry
Noble County HIFLD mix around Kendallville Fire
Noble County: 9 departments, 244 personnel (7 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 89% of departments. County / state rollup.
5.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 40 roster).
Photo-finish peer: North View Fire Agency, UT (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 40 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IN department.