Department profile
OtherEMS ProviderBerlin-Orange Fire Department
Ionia, MI · Ionia County. Berlin-Orange Fire Department is a fire department and 21 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.
- 21
- Total personnel
- Not reported
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Berlin-Orange Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Michigan average.
- 28th pct.
- national personnel size
- -5%
- vs. Michigan average
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.
Berlin-Orange Fire Department is a fire department serving Ionia, MI (Ionia County) and 21 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #16,119 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #16,119 of 22,440
- MI personnel rank #601 of 1,008
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 11 other listed departments in Ionia County
Berlin-Orange Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
21 Top 72% higher than 28% 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 03413 · Berlin-Orange Fire Department, MI 21 personnel
PERS-SMALL · STA-UNK · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 21
- STA-UNK Stations pending
- TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #16,119
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Presidential Lake…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Presidential Lakes Fire and Rescue, NJ (+ 0 personnel)
Instrument codes from this department’s HIFLD personnel and station counts, staffing type, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer department, FEMA AFG/SAFER book, and field completeness, not a readiness rating.
Personnel neighbourhood
Nationwide HIFLD headcount poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every MI department.
- Berlin-Orange (this dept) 21
- High Taylor Volunteer, AL 21
- Near Presidential Lake…, NJ 21
- Near Haleburg Fire Res…, AL 21
- Near Coates Bend Volun…, AL 21
Department Profile
- Type
- Location
- Ionia, MI
- County
- Ionia County
- FDID
- 03413
Staffing vs the Michigan average
How Berlin-Orange Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Michigan. In-state it ranks #601 of 1,008 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #16,119 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- Not reported
- State fire deaths/yr
- 112
- MI departments
- 1,274
County roster fringe
Berlin-Orange Fire Department is 8.2% of Ionia County roster mass
The county lists 12 departments totaling 255 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 42% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
Photo-finish peer: Presidential Lakes Fire and Rescue, NJ (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide departments near 21 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MI department.