Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderPierce - Polk Township Volunteer Fire Department
Pekin, IN · Washington County. Pierce - Polk Township Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 22 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.
- 22
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Pierce - Polk Township Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Indiana average.
- 29th 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.
Pierce - Polk Township Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Pekin, IN (Washington County), with 2 stations and 22 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #15,888 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #15,888 of 22,440
- IN personnel rank #417 of 589
- 9.09 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 7 other listed departments in Washington County
Pierce - Polk Township Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
22 Top 71% higher than 29% 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 88011 · Pierce - Polk Township Volunteer Fire Department, IN 22 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 22
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #15,888
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Lorimor Emergency…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Lorimor Emergency Medical Trained First Responders / Lorimor Fire Department, IA (+ 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.
- Pierce - Polk Tow… (this dept) 22
- High Morrison Fire Res…, TN 22
- Near Lorimor Emergency…, IA 22
- Near Center Township, OH 22
- Near Stapleton Volunte…, NE 22
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Pekin, IN
- County
- Washington County
- FDID
- 88011
Staffing vs the Indiana average
How Pierce - Polk Township Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Indiana. In-state it ranks #417 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #15,888 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 94
- IN departments
- 969
County roster geometry
Washington County HIFLD mix around Pierce - Polk Township Volunteer Fire Department
Washington County: 8 departments, 153 personnel (7 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 88% of departments. County / state rollup.
9.09 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 22 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Lorimor Emergency Medical Trained First Responders / Lorimor Fire Department, IA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 22 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IN department.