Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderWashington Township / Avon Fire Department
Avon, IN · Hendricks County. Washington Township / Avon Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 3 stations and 78 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.
- 78
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Washington Township / Avon Fire Department pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Indiana average.
- Top 7%
- national personnel size
- +239%
- vs. Indiana average
- 3
- 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.
Washington Township / Avon Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Avon, IN (Hendricks County), with 3 stations and 78 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,571 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #1,571 of 22,440
- IN personnel rank #32 of 589
- 3.85 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 10 other listed departments in Hendricks County
Washington Township / Avon Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
78 Top 7% higher than 93% 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 32014 · Washington Township / Avon Fire Department, IN 78 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 78
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #1,571
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Town of Niagara A…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Town of Niagara Active Hose Company Incorporated, NY (+ 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.
- Washington Townsh… (this dept) 78
- High Hot Springs, AR 78
- Near Town of Niagara A…, NY 78
- Near Sanborn Fire Comp…, NY 78
- Near Pierre, SD 78
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Avon, IN
- County
- Hendricks County
- FDID
- 32014
Staffing vs the Indiana average
How Washington Township / Avon Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Indiana. In-state it ranks #32 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,571 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 94
- IN departments
- 969
County roster weight
Washington Township / Avon Fire Department carries 29.4% of Hendricks County HIFLD personnel
Among 15 listed departments (265 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 40% of the county count. County / state rollup.
3.85 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 78 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Town of Niagara Active Hose Company Incorporated, NY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 78 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IN department.