Department profile
VolunteerBlue Lake Township Fire Department
Twin Lake, MI · Muskegon County. Blue Lake Township Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 15 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 15
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Blue Lake Township Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Michigan average.
- 11th pct.
- national personnel size
- -32%
- 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.
Blue Lake Township Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Twin Lake, MI (Muskegon County), with 2 stations and 15 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #19,976 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #19,976 of 22,440
- MI personnel rank #880 of 1,008
- 13.33 stations per 100 personnel
- 16 other listed departments in Muskegon County
Blue Lake Township Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
15 Top 89% higher than 11% 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 06101 · Blue Lake Township Fire Department, MI 15 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-MICRO · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MICRO 15
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #19,976
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Salt Rock Volunte…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Salt Rock Volunteer Fire Department, WV (+ 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.
- Blue Lake Township (this dept) 15
- High Shelby Volunteer, MS 15
- Near Salt Rock Volunte…, WV 15
- Near New Cambria Volun…, MO 15
- Near Lower Heidelberg…, PA 15
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Twin Lake, MI
- County
- Muskegon County
- FDID
- 06101
Staffing vs the Michigan average
How Blue Lake Township Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Michigan. In-state it ranks #880 of 1,008 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #19,976 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
Blue Lake Township Fire Department is 4.2% of Muskegon County roster mass
The county lists 21 departments totaling 357 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 43% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
13.33 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 15 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Salt Rock Volunteer Fire Department, WV (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 15 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MI department.