Department profile
VolunteerWashington Township Volunteer Fire Department
Washington, IN · Daviess County. Washington Township Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 26 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 26
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Washington Township Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Indiana average.
- 42nd pct.
- national personnel size
- +13%
- 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.
Washington Township Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Washington, IN (Daviess County), with 2 stations and 26 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #12,938 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #12,938 of 22,440
- IN personnel rank #318 of 589
- 7.69 stations per 100 personnel
- 7 other listed departments in Daviess County
Washington Township Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
26 Top 58% higher than 42% 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 14009 · Washington Township Volunteer Fire Department, IN 26 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 26
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-MID #12,938
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Homer Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Homer Volunteer Fire Department, LA (+ 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.
- Washington Townsh… (this dept) 26
- High Bondsville, MA 26
- Near Homer Volunteer, LA 26
- Near Coon Rapids, IA 26
- Near Pine Glen Volunte…, PA 26
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Washington, IN
- County
- Daviess County
- FDID
- 14009
Staffing vs the Indiana average
How Washington Township Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Indiana. In-state it ranks #318 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #12,938 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
Washington Township Volunteer Fire Department carries 37.1% of Daviess County HIFLD personnel
Among 9 listed departments (70 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 33% of the county count. County / state rollup.
7.69 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 26 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Homer Volunteer Fire Department, LA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 26 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every IN department.