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Breen Township Fire Department

Foster City, MI · Dickinson County. Breen Township Fire Department is a fire department and 16 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.

16
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Breen Township Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Michigan average.

13th pct.
national personnel size
-27%
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.

F
PlainFireData Composite Score
0/100
Breen Township Fire Department

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.

Staffing capacity
No station count on file for this department
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
16 personnel

Breen Township Fire Department is a fire department serving Foster City, MI (Dickinson County) and 16 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #19,455 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #19,455 of 22,440
  • MI personnel rank #859 of 1,008
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 9 other listed departments in Dickinson County

Breen Township Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

16 Top 87% higher than 13% 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 02207 · Breen Township Fire Department, MI 16 personnel

PERS-SMALL · STA-UNK · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-SMALL 16
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #19,455
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Kellyton Voluntee…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Kellyton Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department, AL (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
Location
Foster City, MI
FDID
02207

Staffing vs the Michigan average

How Breen Township Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Michigan. In-state it ranks #859 of 1,008 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #19,455 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 27% below the state average
Stations
Not reported
State fire deaths/yr
112
MI departments
1,274

County roster geometry

Dickinson County HIFLD mix around Breen Township Fire Department

Dickinson County: 10 departments, 159 personnel (4 volunteer / 2 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 50% of departments. County / state rollup.

Photo-finish peer: Kellyton Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department, AL (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nearby Departments

Breitung Township Fire Department
Quinnesec · volunteer
Iron Mountain Fire Department
Iron Mountain · career
Norway Volunteer Fire Department
Norway · volunteer
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Nationwide departments near 16 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MI department.

Kellyton Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department, AL 16 Rockford Volunteer Fire Department, AL 16 Harmar Township Volunteer Fire Company, PA 16 Verona Volunteer Fire Company, PA 16

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Breen Township Fire Department have?

Breen Township Fire Department has 16 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 27% below the Michigan average of 22 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #19,455 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within MI, it ranks #859 of 1,008 by personnel.

Does Breen Township Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, Breen Township Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Breen Township Fire Department operate?

Station count data for Breen Township Fire Department is not available in the HIFLD database.

What type of fire department is Breen Township Fire Department?

Breen Township Fire Department is a fire department serving Dickinson County, MI.

How many fire departments are in Michigan?

Michigan has 1,274 fire departments with 28,594 total personnel. 61% are volunteer departments.

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