Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderSaint Joseph County Airport Authority Department of Public Safety
South Bend, IN · St Joseph County. Saint Joseph County Airport Authority Department of Public Safety is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 16 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.
- 16
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Saint Joseph County Airport Authority Department of Public Safety pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Indiana average.
- 12th pct.
- national personnel size
- -30%
- 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.
Saint Joseph County Airport Authority Department of Public Safety is a Career (Paid) department serving South Bend, IN (St Joseph County), with 1 station and 16 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #19,807 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #19,807 of 22,440
- IN personnel rank #548 of 589
- 6.25 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 17 other listed departments in St Joseph County
Saint Joseph County Airport Authority Department of Public Safety vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
16 Top 88% higher than 12% 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 71007 · Saint Joseph County Airport Authority Department of Public Safety, IN 16 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 16
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #19,807
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Colman Park
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Colman Park Fire Department, MS (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid 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.
- Saint Joseph Coun… (this dept) 16
- High Blue Mountain Vol…, MS 16
- Near Colman Park, MS 16
- Near Bushnell-Johnson…, NE 16
- Near Baxter Volunteer, TN 16
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- South Bend, IN
- County
- St Joseph County
- FDID
- 71007
Staffing vs the Indiana average
How Saint Joseph County Airport Authority Department of Public Safety's personnel count compares to the typical department in Indiana. In-state it ranks #548 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #19,807 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 94
- IN departments
- 969
County roster fringe
Saint Joseph County Airport Authority Department of Public Safety is 3.5% 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.
6.25 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 16 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Colman Park Fire Department, MS (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 16 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IN department.