Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Needham Community Volunteer Fire Department

Franklin, IN · Johnson County. Needham Community Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 27 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.

27
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Needham Community Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Indiana average.

46th 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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
59/100
Needham Community 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 C
27 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
27 personnel · 1 station

Needham Community Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Franklin, IN (Johnson County), with 1 station and 27 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #12,195 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #12,195 of 22,440
  • IN personnel rank #290 of 589
  • 3.70 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 12 other listed departments in Johnson County

Needham Community Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

27 Top 54% higher than 46% of 22,440 departments

Listable U.S. fire departments, banded by total personnel

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more departments. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source HIFLD fire-station registry · 2026-09-06

Dispatch plate

Sheet 41005 · Needham Community Volunteer Fire Department, IN 27 personnel · 1 station

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

  • PERS-SMALL 27
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-MID #12,195
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Town of Elida Fir…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Town of Elida Fire and Rescue Department, NM (+ 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
Franklin, IN
FDID
41005

Staffing vs the Indiana average

How Needham Community Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Indiana. In-state it ranks #290 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #12,195 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

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

County roster fringe

Needham Community Volunteer Fire Department is 3.0% of Johnson County roster mass

The county lists 17 departments totaling 894 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 100% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

3.70 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 27 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Town of Elida Fire and Rescue Department, NM (+0 personnel).

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

Nearby Departments

Edinburgh Fire and Rescue
Edinburgh · volunteer
Franklin City Fire
Franklin · other
Franklin Fire Department
Franklin · career
Greenwood Fire Department
Greenwood · volunteer
New Whiteland Volunteer Fire Department
New Whiteland · volunteer
All IN departments →

Nationwide volunteer peers near 27 personnel

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