Department profile
VolunteerBessemer Township Volunteer Fire Department
Ramsay, MI · Gogebic County. Bessemer Township Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 18 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 18
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Bessemer Township Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Michigan average.
- 18th pct.
- national personnel size
- -18%
- 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.
Bessemer Township Volunteer Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Ramsay, MI (Gogebic County), with 2 stations and 18 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #18,297 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #18,297 of 22,440
- MI personnel rank #779 of 1,008
- 11.11 stations per 100 personnel
- 8 other listed departments in Gogebic County
Bessemer Township Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
18 Top 82% higher than 18% 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 02702 · Bessemer Township Volunteer Fire Department, MI 18 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 18
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #18,297
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Menlo Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Menlo Volunteer Fire Department, GA (+ 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.
- Bessemer Township… (this dept) 18
- High Port Wentworth, GA 18
- Near Menlo Volunteer, GA 18
- Near Wetmore Volunteer, CO 18
- Near Dodge City Volunt…, AL 18
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Ramsay, MI
- County
- Gogebic County
- FDID
- 02702
Staffing vs the Michigan average
How Bessemer Township Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Michigan. In-state it ranks #779 of 1,008 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #18,297 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 fringe
Bessemer Township Volunteer Fire Department is 9.5% of Gogebic County roster mass
The county lists 10 departments totaling 189 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 30% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
11.11 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 18 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Menlo Volunteer Fire Department, GA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 18 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MI department.