Department profile
VolunteerVeedersburg Van Buren Township Volunteer Fire Department
Veedersburg, IN · Fountain County. Veedersburg Van Buren Township Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 19 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 19
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Veedersburg Van Buren Township Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Indiana average.
- 19th pct.
- national personnel size
- -17%
- 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.
Veedersburg Van Buren Township Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Veedersburg, IN (Fountain County), with 1 station and 19 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #18,225 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #18,225 of 22,440
- IN personnel rank #494 of 589
- 5.26 stations per 100 personnel
- 5 other listed departments in Fountain County
Veedersburg Van Buren Township Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
19 Top 81% higher than 19% 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 23009 · Veedersburg Van Buren Township Volunteer Fire Department, IN 19 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 19
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #18,225
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Goodwin
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Goodwin Fire Department, SD (+ 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.
- Veedersburg Van B… (this dept) 19
- High Astoria Volunteer, SD 19
- Near Goodwin, SD 19
- Near Wheatland, IA 19
- Near Clermont Harbor V…, MS 19
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Veedersburg, IN
- County
- Fountain County
- FDID
- 23009
Staffing vs the Indiana average
How Veedersburg Van Buren Township Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Indiana. In-state it ranks #494 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #18,225 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 94
- IN departments
- 969
County roster weight
Veedersburg Van Buren Township Volunteer Fire Department carries 33.9% of Fountain County HIFLD personnel
Among 6 listed departments (56 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 50% of the county count. County / state rollup.
5.26 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 19 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Goodwin Fire Department, SD (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 19 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IN department.