Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderSugar Creek Fire Department
West Terre Haute, IN · Vigo County. Sugar Creek Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations 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
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Sugar Creek Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Indiana average.
- Top 15%
- national personnel size
- +139%
- vs. Indiana average
- 2
- stations
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.
Sugar Creek Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving West Terre Haute, IN (Vigo County), with 2 stations and 55 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,272 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #3,272 of 22,440
- IN personnel rank #59 of 589
- 3.64 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 15 other listed departments in Vigo County
Sugar Creek Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
55 Top 15% higher than 85% 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 84013 · Sugar Creek Fire Department, IN 55 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 55
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #3,272
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Reno Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Reno Volunteer 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.
- Sugar Creek (this dept) 55
- High Rutherford Volunt…, TN 55
- Near Reno Volunteer, OH 55
- Near Paulette Volunteer, TN 55
- Near Des Moines Intern…, IA 55
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- West Terre Haute, IN
- County
- Vigo County
- FDID
- 84013
Staffing vs the Indiana average
How Sugar Creek Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Indiana. In-state it ranks #59 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,272 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 94
- IN departments
- 969
County roster geometry
Vigo County HIFLD mix around Sugar Creek Fire Department
Vigo County: 19 departments, 241 personnel (10 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 79% of departments. County / state rollup.
3.64 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 55 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Reno Volunteer Fire Department, OH (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 55 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IN department.