Department profile

Volunteer

Perry Township Volunteer Fire Department

Lebanon, IN · Boone County. Perry Township Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 15 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

15
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

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

9th pct.
national personnel size
-35%
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
21/100
Perry Township 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
15 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
15 personnel · 1 station

Perry Township Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Lebanon, IN (Boone County), with 1 station and 15 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #20,404 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #20,404 of 22,440
  • IN personnel rank #562 of 589
  • 6.67 stations per 100 personnel
  • 8 other listed departments in Boone County

Perry Township Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

15 Top 91% higher than 9% 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 06005 · Perry Township Volunteer Fire Department, IN 15 personnel · 1 station

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

  • PERS-MICRO 15
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-LOWER #20,404
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Colon Volunteer
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Colon Volunteer Fire Department, NE (+ 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
Lebanon, IN
FDID
06005

Staffing vs the Indiana average

How Perry Township Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Indiana. In-state it ranks #562 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #20,404 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 35% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
94
IN departments
969

County roster fringe

Perry Township Volunteer Fire Department is 8.2% of Boone County roster mass

The county lists 10 departments totaling 182 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 80% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

6.67 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 15 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Colon Volunteer Fire Department, NE (+0 personnel).

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

Nationwide volunteer peers near 15 personnel

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