Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderBlackman Township Department of Public Safety
Jackson, MI · Jackson County. Blackman Township Department of Public Safety is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations and 28 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.
- 28
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Blackman Township Department of Public Safety pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Michigan average.
- 49th pct.
- national personnel size
- +27%
- 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.
Blackman Township Department of Public Safety is a Career (Paid) department serving Jackson, MI (Jackson County), with 2 stations and 28 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #11,350 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #11,350 of 22,440
- MI personnel rank #299 of 1,008
- 7.14 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 17 other listed departments in Jackson County
Blackman Township Department of Public Safety vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
28 Top 51% higher than 49% 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 03801 · Blackman Township Department of Public Safety, MI 28 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 28
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #11,350
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Gatesville Volunt…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Gatesville Volunteer Fire Department, NC (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid 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.
- Blackman Township… (this dept) 28
- High Sulligent Volunte…, AL 28
- Near Gatesville Volunt…, NC 28
- Near Corinth Volunteer, NC 28
- Near Lowell Volunteer, NC 28
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Jackson, MI
- County
- Jackson County
- FDID
- 03801
Staffing vs the Michigan average
How Blackman Township Department of Public Safety's personnel count compares to the typical department in Michigan. In-state it ranks #299 of 1,008 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #11,350 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
Blackman Township Department of Public Safety is 6.4% of Jackson County roster mass
The county lists 23 departments totaling 439 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 70% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
7.14 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 28 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Gatesville Volunteer Fire Department, NC (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 28 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MI department.