Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderAlpha-Mastodon Township Volunteer Fire Department
Crystal Falls, MI · Iron County. Alpha-Mastodon Township Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 23 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.
- 23
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Alpha-Mastodon Township Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Michigan average.
- 34th pct.
- national personnel size
- +5%
- vs. Michigan 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.
Alpha-Mastodon Township Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Crystal Falls, MI (Iron County), with 2 stations and 23 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #14,891 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #14,891 of 22,440
- MI personnel rank #525 of 1,008
- 8.70 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 5 other listed departments in Iron County
Alpha-Mastodon Township Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
23 Top 66% higher than 34% 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 03601 · Alpha-Mastodon Township Volunteer Fire Department, MI 23 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 23
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #14,891
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Gallion Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Gallion Volunteer Fire Department, AL (+ 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 MI department.
- Alpha-Mastodon To… (this dept) 23
- High Jackson 105 Fire…, CO 23
- Near Gallion Volunteer, AL 23
- Near High Shoals Volun…, NC 23
- Near Spencer Mountain…, NC 23
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Crystal Falls, MI
- County
- Iron County
- FDID
- 03601
Staffing vs the Michigan average
How Alpha-Mastodon Township Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Michigan. In-state it ranks #525 of 1,008 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #14,891 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 112
- MI departments
- 1,274
County roster geometry
Iron County HIFLD mix around Alpha-Mastodon Township Volunteer Fire Department
Iron County: 7 departments, 156 personnel (5 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 43% of departments. County / state rollup.
8.70 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 23 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Gallion Volunteer Fire Department, AL (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 23 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MI department.