Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Pipe Creek Township Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated

Bunker Hill, IN · Miami County. Pipe Creek Township Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 55 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.

55
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Pipe Creek Township Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Indiana average.

Top 14%
national personnel size
+139%
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
PlainFireData Composite Score
92/100
Pipe Creek Township Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated

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 A
55 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
55 personnel · 1 station

Pipe Creek Township Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated is a Volunteer department serving Bunker Hill, IN (Miami County), with 1 station and 55 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,233 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #3,233 of 22,440
  • IN personnel rank #58 of 589
  • 1.82 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 7 other listed departments in Miami County

Pipe Creek Township Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated vs. the national personnel distribution

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

55 Top 14% higher than 86% 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 52008 · Pipe Creek Township Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated, IN 55 personnel · 1 station

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

  • PERS-MID 55
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #3,233
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Lackawaxen Townsh…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Lackawaxen Township Volunteer Fire Department, PA (+ 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
Bunker Hill, IN
FDID
52008

Staffing vs the Indiana average

How Pipe Creek Township Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated's personnel count compares to the typical department in Indiana. In-state it ranks #58 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,233 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 139% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
94
IN departments
969

County roster weight

Pipe Creek Township Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated carries 25.8% of Miami County HIFLD personnel

Among 9 listed departments (213 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 67% of the county count. County / state rollup.

1.82 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 55 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Lackawaxen Township Volunteer Fire Department, PA (+0 personnel).

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

Nationwide volunteer peers near 55 personnel

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