Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

Saint 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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
25/100
Saint Joseph County Airport Authority Department of Public Safety

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
16 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
16 personnel · 1 station

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.

Department Profile

Type
CAREER
Location
South Bend, IN
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.

▼ 30% below the state average
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

Centre Township Fire Department
South Bend · volunteer
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South Bend · career
Harris Township Fire Department
Granger · volunteer
Liberty Township Volunteer Fire Department
North Liberty · volunteer
Mishawaka Fire Department
Mishawaka · career
New Carlisle Fire Department
New Carlisle · volunteer
All IN departments →

Nationwide career peers near 16 personnel

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