Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Markle Volunteer Fire and Rescue Incorporated

Markle, IN · Huntington County. Markle Volunteer Fire and Rescue Incorporated is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 30 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.

30
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Markle Volunteer Fire and Rescue Incorporated pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Indiana average.

Top 46%
national personnel size
+30%
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.

B
PlainFireData Composite Score
67/100
Markle Volunteer Fire and Rescue Incorporated

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 B
30 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
30 personnel · 1 station

Markle Volunteer Fire and Rescue Incorporated is a Volunteer department serving Markle, IN (Huntington County), with 1 station and 30 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #10,403 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #10,403 of 22,440
  • IN personnel rank #236 of 589
  • 3.33 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 6 other listed departments in Huntington County

Markle Volunteer Fire and Rescue Incorporated vs. the national personnel distribution

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

30 Top 46% higher than 54% 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 35004 · Markle Volunteer Fire and Rescue Incorporated, IN 30 personnel · 1 station

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

  • PERS-SMALL 30
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-MID #10,403
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Martinsburg Volun…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Martinsburg 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
Markle, IN
FDID
35004

Staffing vs the Indiana average

How Markle Volunteer Fire and Rescue Incorporated's personnel count compares to the typical department in Indiana. In-state it ranks #236 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #10,403 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 30% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
94
IN departments
969

County roster geometry

Huntington County HIFLD mix around Markle Volunteer Fire and Rescue Incorporated

Huntington County: 9 departments, 201 personnel (6 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 44% of departments. County / state rollup.

3.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 30 roster).

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

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

Nationwide volunteer peers near 30 personnel

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