Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderMishawaka Fire Department
Mishawaka, IN · St Joseph County. Mishawaka Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 4 stations and 92 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.
- 92
- Total personnel
- 4
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Mishawaka Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Indiana average.
- Top 5%
- national personnel size
- +300%
- vs. Indiana average
- 4
- stations
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.
Mishawaka Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Mishawaka, IN (St Joseph County), with 4 stations and 92 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,113 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #1,113 of 22,440
- IN personnel rank #25 of 589
- 4.35 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 17 other listed departments in St Joseph County
Mishawaka Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
92 Top 5% higher than 95% 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 71008 · Mishawaka Fire Department, IN 92 personnel · 4 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 92
- STA-FEW 4 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #1,113
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Allen-Clay Joint…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Allen-Clay Joint Fire District, OH (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid 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.
- Mishawaka (this dept) 92
- High San Bernardino Co…, CA 92
- Near Allen-Clay Joint…, OH 92
- Near Moscow Volunteer, ID 92
- Near Oak Cliff Rural F…, OK 92
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Mishawaka, IN
- County
- St Joseph County
- FDID
- 71008
Staffing vs the Indiana average
How Mishawaka Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Indiana. In-state it ranks #25 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,113 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 4
- State fire deaths/yr
- 94
- IN departments
- 969
County staffing outlier
Career (Paid) island in a volunteer-heavy St Joseph County
County mix is mostly volunteer (9 volunteer / 3 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.
4.35 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (4 stations / 92 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Allen-Clay Joint Fire District, OH (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 92 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IN department.