Department profile

Career (Paid)

Washington Fire Department

Washington, IN · Daviess County. Washington Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations and 17 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

17
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Washington Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Indiana average.

14th pct.
national personnel size
-26%
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.

F
PlainFireData Composite Score
7/100
Washington 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 F
8.5 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
17 personnel · 2 stations

Washington Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Washington, IN (Daviess County), with 2 stations and 17 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #19,383 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #19,383 of 22,440
  • IN personnel rank #537 of 589
  • 11.76 stations per 100 personnel
  • 7 other listed departments in Daviess County

Washington Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

17 Top 86% higher than 14% 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 14008 · Washington Fire Department, IN 17 personnel · 2 stations

PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 17
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-LOWER #19,383
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Village Volunteer
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Village Volunteer Fire Department, AR (+ 0 personnel)

Career/paid 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.

Department Profile

Type
CAREER
Location
Washington, IN
FDID
14008

Staffing vs the Indiana average

How Washington Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Indiana. In-state it ranks #537 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #19,383 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 26% below the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
94
IN departments
969

County staffing outlier

Career (Paid) island in a volunteer-heavy Daviess County

County mix is mostly volunteer (3 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.

11.76 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 17 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Village Volunteer Fire Department, AR (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nationwide career peers near 17 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IN department.