Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Cedar 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.

F
PlainFireData Composite Score
14/100
Cedar 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
13 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
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
13 personnel · 1 station

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.

Department Profile

Type
VOLUNTEER
Location
Cedar, MI
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.

▼ 41% below the state average
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).

Nationwide volunteer peers near 13 personnel

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