Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderWinchester Fire Prevention
Winchester, IN · Randolph County. Winchester Fire Prevention is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 26 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.
- 26
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Winchester Fire Prevention pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Indiana average.
- 42nd pct.
- national personnel size
- +13%
- 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.
Winchester Fire Prevention is a Volunteer department serving Winchester, IN (Randolph County), with 1 station and 26 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #12,969 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #12,969 of 22,440
- IN personnel rank #321 of 589
- 3.85 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 8 other listed departments in Randolph County
Winchester Fire Prevention 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 68011 · Winchester Fire Prevention, IN 26 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 26
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #12,969
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Scandinavia Volun…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Scandinavia Volunteer Fire Department, WI (+ 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.
- Winchester Fire P… (this dept) 26
- High Cotton Volunteer, MN 26
- Near Scandinavia Volun…, WI 26
- Near West Alexandria, OH 26
- Near Charlestown Towns…, OH 26
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Winchester, IN
- County
- Randolph County
- FDID
- 68011
Staffing vs the Indiana average
How Winchester Fire Prevention's personnel count compares to the typical department in Indiana. In-state it ranks #321 of 589 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #12,969 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 94
- IN departments
- 969
County roster geometry
Randolph County HIFLD mix around Winchester Fire Prevention
Randolph County: 9 departments, 166 personnel (6 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 78% of departments. County / state rollup.
3.85 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 26 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Scandinavia Volunteer Fire Department, WI (+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.