Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderOsceola Volunteer Fire Department
Osceola, IN · St Joseph County. Osceola Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 12 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.
- 12
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Osceola Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Indiana average.
- 4th pct.
- national personnel size
- -48%
- 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.
Osceola Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Osceola, IN (St Joseph County), with 2 stations and 12 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #21,532 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #21,532 of 22,440
- IN personnel rank #584 of 589
- 16.67 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 17 other listed departments in St Joseph County
Osceola Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
12 Top 96% higher than 4% 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 71012 · Osceola Volunteer Fire Department, IN 12 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MICRO · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MICRO 12
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #21,532
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Valley Grove Volu…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Valley Grove 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.
- Osceola Volunteer (this dept) 12
- High Copan Volunteer, OK 12
- Near Valley Grove Volu…, MS 12
- Near Harmony Central V…, MS 12
- Near Lobelville Volunt…, TN 12
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Osceola, IN
- County
- St Joseph County
- FDID
- 71012
Staffing vs the Indiana average
How Osceola Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Indiana. In-state it ranks #584 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #21,532 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 94
- IN departments
- 969
County roster fringe
Osceola Volunteer Fire Department is 2.6% of St Joseph County roster mass
The county lists 22 departments totaling 454 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 91% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
16.67 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 12 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Valley Grove Volunteer Fire Department, MS (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 12 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IN department.