Department profile
VolunteerSugar Creek Township Fire Department
New Palestine, IN · Hancock County. Sugar Creek Township Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 56 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 56
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Sugar Creek Township Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Indiana average.
- Top 14%
- national personnel size
- +143%
- 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 Township Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving New Palestine, IN (Hancock County), with 2 stations and 56 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,053 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #3,053 of 22,440
- IN personnel rank #55 of 589
- 3.57 stations per 100 personnel
- 8 other listed departments in Hancock County
Sugar Creek Township Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
56 Top 14% higher than 86% 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 30008 · Sugar Creek Township Fire Department, IN 56 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-MID 56
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-UPPER #3,053
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Fountain Valley
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Fountain Valley Fire Department, CA (+ 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 Towns… (this dept) 56
- High Greeneville, TN 56
- Near Fountain Valley, CA 56
- Near Carlisle Fire Com…, DE 56
- Near New Freeport Volu…, PA 56
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- New Palestine, IN
- County
- Hancock County
- FDID
- 30008
Staffing vs the Indiana average
How Sugar Creek Township Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Indiana. In-state it ranks #55 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,053 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 94
- IN departments
- 969
County roster weight
Sugar Creek Township Fire Department carries 35.7% of Hancock County HIFLD personnel
Among 10 listed departments (157 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 20% of the county count. County / state rollup.
3.57 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 56 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Fountain Valley Fire Department, CA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 56 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IN department.