DHS: Data and Statistics

The Indiana Department of Homeland Security (IDHS) leads Indiana's emergency planning and operations, first responder training and fire and building safety. The Division of Fire and Building Safety (within IDHS) oversees building code enforcement, fire investigations and hazmat and radiation programs. It also certifies and trains thousands of first responders each year. The Emergency Management and Preparedness Division works with local and national partners on emergency planning, preparedness and response, including the State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC), which leads response and coordination efforts for large-magnitude incidents. The agency also administers state- and federal-funded grant programs. Learn more about IDHS on the Agency Overview page.

Putting Public Safety Data to Use

Local fire departments and EMS providers regularly submit incident data to IDHS through the ImageTrend system. That information is compiled into reports by national entities, IDHS and others. These reports help spot trends that can drive changes in efforts from the national and state levels to the local level. The data from those reports is also made available to the local agencies and public through interactive dashboards, which show cases when agencies responded to an incident. These are mapped and incident counts are tabulated to help users gain a better understanding of first response activities on the local, county, district and state levels. Similarly, IDHS tracks fatalities that occur in residential settings in an interactive dashboard. Learn more about these dashboards and how they fit into the overall effort to reduce public safety risks on the Community Risk Reduction page.

Requests for data not presented on the IDHS website can be made on the IDHS APRA Portal.

EMS Data

Community Risk Reduction

ImageTrend Reporting

IDHS Annual Reports

Annual Reports

Selected Annual Data

Fire and Building Safety

Code Enforcement Inspections

Fiscal Year	Building Inspections
2023-24	18,256
2022-23	15,575
2021-22	13,847
2020-21	12,847
2019-20	13,141
2018-19	13,715
2017-18	12,839

Building Plan Review

Fiscal Year	Construction Design Releases Issued	Variances for Structures Approved
2023-24	11,329	1,174
2022-23	11,285	870
2021-22	11,037	905
2020-21	11,007	695
2019-20	11,597	1,205
2018-19	11,705	1,149
2017-18	11,562	1,019

Fire Investigations

Fiscal Year	Suspicious Fires Investigated	Arrests
2023-24	877	47
2022-23	815	44
2021-22	583	35
2020-21	678	43
2019-20	535	43
2018-19	528	21
2017-18	563	22

Plans and Exercises

Emergency Response Plans

Fiscal Year	Plans Maintained	Plans Reviewed/Revised/Exercised
2023-24	37	30
2022-23	83	13
2021-22	71	22
2020-21	71	25
2019-20	71	12
2018-19	46	13
2017-18	24	9

First Responder Certifications, Graduates

EMS Certifications

Fiscal Year	Paramedics Licensed	Emergency Medical Technicians Certified	Advanced Emergency Medical Technicians Certified	Emergency Medical Responders Certified	Primary Instructors Certified	Emergency Vehicle Operator Certifications
2023-24	393	1,330	109	594	101	538
2022-23	300	1,549	124	568	81	310
2021-22	76	1,252	57	601	67	410
2020-21	302	1,184	80	465	65	449
2019-20	247	1,164	68	476	52	462
2018-19	247	1,126	60	541	42	336
2017-18	281	1,088	77	510	52	426

Emergency Responders, Emergency Managers and Search & Rescue Training

Fiscal Year	Firefighters, Rescuers, Officers, Investigators & Instructors Certified	Incident Command System Graduates	K-9 Teams, Search & Rescue Graduates
2023-24	16,354	1,139	321
2022-23	13,251	1,116	180
2021-22	12,768	938	206
2020-21	11,264	722	164
2019-20	9,726	272	159
2018-19	11,974	757	442
2017-18	10,739	910	467

Hazmat and Radiation Programs

Radioactive Materials Transportation & Emergencies

Fiscal Year	Total Number of Incidents Responded to	Total Number of Shipment Permits Issued for Highway Route Control Quality Radioactive Materials	Total Number of Shipment Permits Issued for High-Level Radioactive Waste or Spent Nuclear Fuel	Total Number of Shipment Permits Issued for Low-Level Radioactive Waste	Total Number of Responders Trained for Radiation Response/ Detection	Total Number of Responders Trained for Radiological Emergency Preparedness/ Nuclear Power Plant
2023-24	137	44	0	220	194	58
2022-23	99	27	0	181	122	30
2021-22	141	43	1	162	135	23
2020-21	400	41	0	167	-	-
2019-20	160	32	1	173	258	688
2018-19	159	63		173	400	279
2017-18	183	35		235	395	266

Chemical Emergency Protection

Reporting Year	Total Tier II Payments Collected	Annual Tier II Reports Submitted
2023	$652,020	6,612
2022	$744,060	6,516
2021	$789,440	6,438
2020	$654,370	6,399
2019	$674,050	6,470
2018	$763,860	5,932
2017	$630,671	5,758

Grants

Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG)

The EMPG program makes grants available to states to assist state, local, territorial and tribal governments in preparing for all types of hazards.

Fiscal Year	Total Dollar Amount of Grants Awarded	Grant Sub-Recipients	Projects	Counties in Which Grants Were Awarded
2023-24 (FFY24)	$3,303,030.11	91	91	91
2022-23 (FFY23)	$3,321,392.00	91	91	91
2021-22 (FFY22)	$3,913,137.00	129	129	90
2020-21 (FFY21)	$4,534,114.00	140	140	91
2019-20 (FFY20)	$2,701,067.00	91	91	91
2018-19 (FFY19)	$3,248,092.00	116	116	92
2017-18 (FFY18)	$3,790,000.00	109	113	90
2016-17 (FFY17)	$3,000,000.00	158	158	91
2015-16 (FFY16)	$3,386,001.50	195	195	90

Find more information at the Emergency Management Performance Grant page.

Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness (HMEP)

HMEP grants are awarded to Local Emergency Planning Committees (LEPCs) and are used for the following purposes:

Implementing risk driven, capabilities-based state homeland security strategies
Supports state and local abilities to prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to and recover from acts of terrorism and other catastrophic events.
- Developing, improving and implementing emergency plans
- Training public sector hazardous materials emergency response employees to respond to incidents involving hazardous materials in transportation
- Determining flow patterns of hazardous materials within a state and between states
- Determining the need within a state for regional hazardous materials emergency response teams

Fiscal Year	Total Dollar Amount of Grants Awarded	Grant Sub-Recipients	Projects	Counties in Which Grants Were Awarded
2024-25 (FFY25)	$375,263.00	27	27	26
2023-24 (FFY24)	$386,863.00	29	29	29
2022-23 (FFY23)	$419,110.00	35	35	28
2021-22 (FFY22)	$393,429.00	40	40	36
2020-21 (FFY21)	$370,505.00	37	37	34
2019-20 (FFY20)	$376,624.00	47	47	43
2018-19 (FFY19)	$279,497.00	36	36	30
2017-18 (FFY18)	$207,000.00	17	17	17
2016-17 (FFY17)	$506,202.00	34	49	34
2015-16 (FFY16)	$372,833.00	43	65	43

Find more information at the Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness Grant Program page.

Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP)

The Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP) is a competitive grant program for physical security enhancements and other security-related activities to nonprofit organizations that are at risk of a terrorist attack.

Fiscal Year	Total Dollar Amount of Grants Awarded	Grant Sub-Recipients	Projects	Counties in Which Grants Were Awarded
2023-24 (FFY24)	$9,002,700.00	52	65	22
2022-23 (FFY23)	$5,920,158.00	42	45	18
2021-22 (FFY22)	$6,461,517.00	42	41	19
2020-21 (FFY21)	$4,857,565.00	40	47	16
2019-20 (FFY20)	$2,436,508.00	33	33	14
2018-19 (FFY19)	$292,769.00	4	4	4
2017-18 (FFY18)	$353,810.00	5	5	4
2016-17 (FFY17)	$121,490.00	2	2	1

Find more information at the Nonprofit Security Grant Program page.

Secured School Safety Grant Program

Fiscal Year	Total Dollar Amount Awarded	Number of Award Recipient Schools or School Systems
2024-25 (FY25)	$24,206,587.95	499
2023-24 (FY24)	$29,824,803.67	474
2022-23 (FY23)	$22,911,714.45	425
2021-22 (FY22)	$19,058,808.05	392
2020-21 (FY21)	$19,432,122.54	418
2019-20 (FY20)	$19,081,470.02	429
2018-19 (FY19)	$14,256,526.80	388
2017-18 (FY18)	$7,952,283.06	217
2016-17 (FY17)	$6,332,608.84	171
2015-16 (FY16)	$7,958,281.97	225
2014-15 (FY15)	$8,532,681.26	241
2013-14 (FY14)	$8,357,377.21	226

Find more information at the Secured School Safety Grant Program page.

The awarding of grants began in 2014 and continues annually through the Indiana Grants Management System (iGMS). Since 2014, more than $187 million has been awarded to Indiana schools that meet the eligibility requirements in their grant requests.

From FY14 to FY25, the Indiana Secured School Grant Board has approved 4,105 grant requests.

Note: Before FY2020, there were only three categories, which were School Resource Officers, Equipment and Threat Assessments. Since FY2020, three categories have been added: Active Event Early Warning System, Student and Parent Support Services, and Other Training.

State Homeland Security Program (SHSP)

The SHSP program supports the implementation of risk-driven, capabilities-based state homeland security strategies to address capability targets set in urban area, state and regional Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessments (THIRA).

Fiscal Year	Total Dollar Amount of Grants Awarded	Grant Sub-Recipients	Projects	Counties in Which Grants Were Awarded
2023-24 (FFY24)	$4,144,612	34	34	33
2022-23 (FFY23)	$3,878,000.00	35	35	35
2021-22 (FFY22)	$4,605,125.00	37	37	26
2020-21 (FFY21)	$4,372,375.00	35	35	29
2019-20 (FFY20)	$4,073,125.00	38	38	34
2018-19 (FFY19)	$3,260,000.00	41	41	28
2017-18 (FFY18)	$3,184,000.00	70	70	61
2016-17 (FFY17)	$2,737,334.00	54	54	50
2015-16 (FFY16)	$1,008,165.00	50	50	42

Find more information at the State Homeland Security Program page.

Indiana Local Body Camera Grant Program

Fiscal Year	Total Dollar Amount Awarded	Number of Award Recipients
2022-23 (FY23)	$479,152	30
2021-22 (FY22)	$1,172,126.38	71

The state of Indiana, through procedures established by the Indiana State Police and administered by the Indiana Department of Homeland Security, provides matching grants to city, town and county law enforcement agencies for the acquisition of body-worn cameras.

Find more information at the Local Body Camera Grant page.

FY2022 Award Information

Indiana Homeland Security Foundation Grant Program

The grant program funded public safety projects at the local level through the sale of Secure Indiana license plates.

Fiscal Year	Total Dollar Amount of Grants Awarded	Grant Recipients	Counties in Which Grants Were Awarded
2022-23 (FY23)	The Foundation was dissolved in 2023 (House Enrolled Act 1001).	-	-
2021-22 (FY22)	$116,746.00	31	31
2020-21 (FY21)	$133,212.00	37	37
2019-20 (FY20)	$180,999.94	51	42
2018-19 (FY19)	FY19 was skipped to allow the Foundation and Secured School Safety grants to be on the same fiscal cycle.	-	-
2017-18 (FY18)	$250,854.00	66	46
2016-17 (FY17)	$91,561.44	31	27
2015-16 (FY16)	$168,364.00	98	31

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