Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Shelburn Fire and Rescue Department Incorporated

Shelburn, IN · Sullivan County. Shelburn Fire and Rescue Department Incorporated is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 29 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.

29
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Shelburn Fire and Rescue Department Incorporated pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Indiana average.

Top 50%
national personnel size
+26%
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.

B
PlainFireData Composite Score
64/100
Shelburn Fire and Rescue 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 B
29 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
29 personnel · 1 station

Shelburn Fire and Rescue Department Incorporated is a Volunteer department serving Shelburn, IN (Sullivan County), with 1 station and 29 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #11,214 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #11,214 of 22,440
  • IN personnel rank #262 of 589
  • 3.45 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 11 other listed departments in Sullivan County

Shelburn Fire and Rescue Department Incorporated vs. the national personnel distribution

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

29 Top 50% higher than 50% 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 77009 · Shelburn Fire and Rescue Department Incorporated, IN 29 personnel · 1 station

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

  • PERS-SMALL 29
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-MID #11,214
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Munroe Falls
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Munroe Falls Fire Department, OH (+ 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
Shelburn, IN
FDID
77009

Staffing vs the Indiana average

How Shelburn Fire and Rescue Department Incorporated's personnel count compares to the typical department in Indiana. In-state it ranks #262 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #11,214 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 26% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
94
IN departments
969

County roster geometry

Sullivan County HIFLD mix around Shelburn Fire and Rescue Department Incorporated

Sullivan County: 13 departments, 186 personnel (8 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 69% of departments. County / state rollup.

3.45 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 29 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Munroe Falls Fire Department, OH (+0 personnel).

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

Nationwide volunteer peers near 29 personnel

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