Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderCedar Fire Department
Cedar, MI · Leelanau County. Cedar Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 13 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.
- 13
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Cedar Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Michigan average.
- 6th pct.
- national personnel size
- -41%
- 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.
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.
Cedar Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Cedar, MI (Leelanau County), with 1 station and 13 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #21,033 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #21,033 of 22,440
- MI personnel rank #940 of 1,008
- 7.69 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 8 other listed departments in Leelanau County
Cedar Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
13 Top 94% higher than 6% 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 04508 · Cedar Fire Department, MI 13 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MICRO 13
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #21,033
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Rhine Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Rhine 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.
- Cedar (this dept) 13
- High Cross Timbers Are…, MO 13
- Near Rhine Volunteer, GA 13
- Near Craig Volunteer F…, MO 13
- Near Farmville Volunte…, AL 13
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Cedar, MI
- County
- Leelanau County
- FDID
- 04508
Staffing vs the Michigan average
How Cedar Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Michigan. In-state it ranks #940 of 1,008 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #21,033 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 112
- MI departments
- 1,274
County roster geometry
Leelanau County HIFLD mix around Cedar Fire Department
Leelanau County: 10 departments, 130 personnel (5 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 100% of departments. County / state rollup.
7.69 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 13 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Rhine 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 13 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MI department.