Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Monterey Volunteer Fire Department

Monterey, IN · Pulaski County. Monterey Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 19 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.

19
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Monterey Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Indiana average.

19th pct.
national personnel size
-17%
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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
35/100
Monterey 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 D
19 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
19 personnel · 1 station

Monterey Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Monterey, IN (Pulaski County), with 1 station and 19 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #18,093 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #18,093 of 22,440
  • IN personnel rank #488 of 589
  • 5.26 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 4 other listed departments in Pulaski County

Monterey Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

19 Top 81% higher than 19% 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 66003 · Monterey Volunteer Fire Department, IN 19 personnel · 1 station

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

  • PERS-SMALL 19
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #18,093
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Magnolia Volunteer
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Magnolia Volunteer Fire Department, MS (+ 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
Monterey, IN
FDID
66003

Staffing vs the Indiana average

How Monterey Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Indiana. In-state it ranks #488 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #18,093 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 17% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
94
IN departments
969

County roster weight

Monterey Volunteer Fire Department carries 34.5% of Pulaski County HIFLD personnel

Among 5 listed departments (55 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 60% of the county count. County / state rollup.

5.26 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 19 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Magnolia Volunteer Fire Department, MS (+0 personnel).

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

Nearby Departments

Francesville Volunteer Fire Department
Francesville · volunteer
Medaryville Fire Department
Medaryville · other
Winamac Volunteer Fire Department
Winamac · volunteer
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Nationwide volunteer peers near 19 personnel

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