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Monroe Volunteer Fire Department

Monroe, IN · Adams County. Monroe Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 36 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.

36
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Monroe Volunteer Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Indiana average.

Top 33%
national personnel size
+57%
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
78/100
Monroe 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 B
36 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
36 personnel · 1 station

Monroe Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Monroe, IN (Adams County), with 1 station and 36 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #7,389 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #7,389 of 22,440
  • IN personnel rank #141 of 589
  • 2.78 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 4 other listed departments in Adams County

Monroe Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

36 Top 33% higher than 67% 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 01005 · Monroe Volunteer Fire Department, IN 36 personnel · 1 station

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

  • PERS-SMALL 36
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #7,389
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Tichnor Fire Stat…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Tichnor Fire Station, AR (+ 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
Monroe, IN
FDID
01005

Staffing vs the Indiana average

How Monroe Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Indiana. In-state it ranks #141 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,389 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 57% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
94
IN departments
969

County roster geometry

Adams County HIFLD mix around Monroe Volunteer Fire Department

Adams County: 5 departments, 164 personnel (5 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 40% of departments. County / state rollup.

2.78 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 36 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Tichnor Fire Station, AR (+0 personnel).

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

Nearby Departments

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 36 personnel

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