Department profile
VolunteerMontpelier Harrison Township Fire Volunteer Fire Department
Montpelier, IN · Blackford County. Montpelier Harrison Township Fire Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 24 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 24
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Montpelier Harrison Township Fire Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Indiana average.
- 35th pct.
- national personnel size
- +4%
- vs. Indiana average
- 2
- 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.
Montpelier Harrison Township Fire Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Montpelier, IN (Blackford County), with 2 stations and 24 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #14,621 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #14,621 of 22,440
- IN personnel rank #377 of 589
- 8.33 stations per 100 personnel
- 1 other listed department in Blackford County
Montpelier Harrison Township Fire Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
24 Top 65% higher than 35% 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 05002 · Montpelier Harrison Township Fire Volunteer Fire Department, IN 24 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 24
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #14,621
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Arab Fire and Eme…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Arab Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department, AL (+ 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.
- Montpelier Harris… (this dept) 24
- High Grant Fire and Re…, AL 24
- Near Arab Fire and Eme…, AL 24
- Near Athens, OH 24
- Near Goldman Fire Prot…, MO 24
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Montpelier, IN
- County
- Blackford County
- FDID
- 05002
Staffing vs the Indiana average
How Montpelier Harrison Township Fire Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Indiana. In-state it ranks #377 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #14,621 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 94
- IN departments
- 969
County roster weight
Montpelier Harrison Township Fire Volunteer Fire Department carries 33.8% of Blackford County HIFLD personnel
Among 3 listed departments (71 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 67% of the county count. County / state rollup.
8.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 24 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Arab Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department, AL (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nationwide volunteer peers near 24 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IN department.