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South Bend Fire Department

South Bend, IN · St Joseph County. South Bend Fire Department is a fire department. 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.

Not reported
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service
F
PlainFireData Composite Score
0/100
South Bend Fire Department

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
No station count on file for this department
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
Other department profile

South Bend Fire Department is a fire department serving South Bend, IN (St Joseph County). According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $2,003,241.

  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 17 other listed departments in St Joseph County

Dispatch plate

Sheet IN-SOUTH-BEND-FIRE-DEPARTMENT-IN · South Bend Fire Department, IN personnel n/a

PERS-UNK · STA-UNK · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-Y · RANK-UNK · GAP-UNK · FEMA-MID · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-UNK Staff pending
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UNK Rank pending
  • GAP-UNK Gap pending
  • FEMA-MID $2.0M
  • BOOK-PART 2/5 fields

Instrument codes from this department’s HIFLD personnel and station counts, staffing type, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer department, FEMA AFG/SAFER book, and field completeness, not a readiness rating.

Department Profile

Type
Location
South Bend, IN

FEMA Grant History

$2.0M
Cumulative funding (FY2009–2011)
4
Awards
Year Award Amount
2011 EMW2010FH00923 $-223
2010 EMW-2010-FH-0092 $1,470,949
2009 EMW-2009-FV-0378 $600,000
- EMW2016FH00623 $-67,485.5

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

County roster geometry

St Joseph County HIFLD mix around South Bend Fire Department

St Joseph County: 22 departments, 454 personnel (9 volunteer / 3 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 91% of departments. County / state rollup.

Nearby Departments

Centre Township Fire Department
South Bend · volunteer
Clay Fire Territory
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
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Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does South Bend Fire Department have?

Personnel data for South Bend Fire Department is not available in the HIFLD database.

Does South Bend Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, South Bend Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does South Bend Fire Department operate?

Station count data for South Bend Fire Department is not available in the HIFLD database.

What type of fire department is South Bend Fire Department?

South Bend Fire Department is a fire department serving St Joseph County, IN.

Has South Bend Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, South Bend Fire Department has received 4 FEMA grants totaling $2,003,240.5 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2009–2011 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2011.

How many fire departments are in Indiana?

Indiana has 969 fire departments with 21,919 total personnel. 55% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Verify with USFA/FEMA →

HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.