Department profile
VolunteerUnion Township Volunteer Fire Department
Columbia City, IN · Whitley County. Union Township Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 28 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 28
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Union Township Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Indiana average.
- 47th pct.
- national personnel size
- +22%
- 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.
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.
Union Township Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Columbia City, IN (Whitley County), with 1 station and 28 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #11,833 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #11,833 of 22,440
- IN personnel rank #278 of 589
- 3.57 stations per 100 personnel
- 8 other listed departments in Whitley County
Union Township Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
28 Top 53% higher than 47% 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 92009 · Union Township Volunteer Fire Department, IN 28 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 28
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-MID #11,833
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Washington Fire D…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Washington Fire Department and Rescue Squad, NH (+ 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.
- Union Township Vo… (this dept) 28
- High Northeast Nelson…, KY 28
- Near Washington Fire D…, NH 28
- Near Southgate Volunte…, TN 28
- Near Naval District Wa…, VA 28
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Columbia City, IN
- County
- Whitley County
- FDID
- 92009
Staffing vs the Indiana average
How Union Township Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Indiana. In-state it ranks #278 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #11,833 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 94
- IN departments
- 969
County roster fringe
Union Township Volunteer Fire Department is 9.6% of Whitley County roster mass
The county lists 9 departments totaling 291 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 78% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
3.57 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 28 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Washington Fire Department and Rescue Squad, NH (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 28 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IN department.