Department profile
VolunteerOakland City Fire Department
Oakland City, IN · Gibson County. Oakland City Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 36 total personnel. 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
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Oakland City 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.
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.
Oakland City Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Oakland City, IN (Gibson 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 #7,422 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #7,422 of 22,440
- IN personnel rank #143 of 589
- 2.78 stations per 100 personnel
- 12 other listed departments in Gibson County
Oakland City 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 26009 · Oakland City Fire Department, IN 36 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 36
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-UPPER #7,422
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Lyons Royalton Vo…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Lyons Royalton Volunteer Fire Department, OH (+ 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.
- Oakland City (this dept) 36
- High Crow Creek Valley…, TN 36
- Near Lyons Royalton Vo…, OH 36
- Near White Mountain Fi…, CA 36
- Near McClellandtown Vo…, PA 36
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Oakland City, IN
- County
- Gibson County
- FDID
- 26009
Staffing vs the Indiana average
How Oakland City Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Indiana. In-state it ranks #143 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,422 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 94
- IN departments
- 969
County roster geometry
Gibson County HIFLD mix around Oakland City Fire Department
Gibson County: 13 departments, 189 personnel (6 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 69% of departments. County / state rollup.
2.78 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 36 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Lyons Royalton Volunteer Fire Department, OH (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 36 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IN department.