Department profile

Volunteer

Burt Township Fire Department

Grand Marais, MI · Alger County. Burt Township Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 9 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

9
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

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

2nd pct.
national personnel size
-59%
vs. Michigan average
1
station

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
8/100
Burt 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 F
9 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
9 personnel · 1 station

Burt Township Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Grand Marais, MI (Alger County), with 1 station and 9 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #22,097 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #22,097 of 22,440
  • MI personnel rank #989 of 1,008
  • 11.11 stations per 100 personnel
  • 9 other listed departments in Alger County

Burt Township Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

9 Top 98% higher than 2% 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 00201 · Burt Township Fire Department, MI 9 personnel · 1 station

PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MICRO 9
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-LOWER #22,097
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Chickasaw
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Chickasaw Fire Department, AL (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Grand Marais, MI
FDID
00201

Staffing vs the Michigan average

How Burt Township Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Michigan. In-state it ranks #989 of 1,008 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #22,097 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 59% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
112
MI departments
1,274

County roster fringe

Burt Township Fire Department is 5.5% of Alger County roster mass

The county lists 10 departments totaling 165 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 40% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

11.11 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 9 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Chickasaw Fire Department, AL (+0 personnel).

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

Nationwide volunteer peers near 9 personnel

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