Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Charlotte Fire Department

Charlotte, MI · Eaton County. Charlotte Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 33 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.

33
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Charlotte Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Michigan average.

Top 38%
national personnel size
+50%
vs. Michigan average
1
station
$2,103,116
FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record

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.

B
PlainFireData Composite Score
75/100
Charlotte 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 B
33 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
33 personnel · 1 station

Charlotte Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Charlotte, MI (Eaton County), with 1 station and 33 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8,623 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $2,103,116.

  • National personnel rank #8,623 of 22,440
  • MI personnel rank #186 of 1,008
  • 3.03 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 12 other listed departments in Eaton County

Charlotte Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

33 Top 38% higher than 62% 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 02303 · Charlotte Fire Department, MI 33 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 33
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #8,623
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Quaill District F…
  • FEMA-MID $2.1M
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Quaill District Firemens Association, PA (+ 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
MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
Location
Charlotte, MI
FDID
02303

FEMA Grant History

$0
Cumulative funding (FY2022–2024)
0
Awards
Year Award Amount
2024 EMW-2024-FG-07167 $218,181.81
2022 EMW-2022-FF-02041 $1,170,091.32
2022 EMW-2022-FG-01810 $714,843.18

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

Staffing vs the Michigan average

How Charlotte Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Michigan. In-state it ranks #186 of 1,008 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8,623 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 50% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
112
MI departments
1,274

County roster fringe

Charlotte Fire Department is 8.2% of Eaton County roster mass

The county lists 15 departments totaling 401 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 93% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

3.03 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 33 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Quaill District Firemens Association, PA (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Bellevue Community Fire Department
Bellevue · volunteer
Delta Township Fire Department
Lansing · career
Eaton Rapids City Fire Department
Eaton Rapids · volunteer
Eaton Rapids Township Fire Department
Eaton Rapids · volunteer
Hamlin Township Fire Rescue
Eaton Rapids · volunteer
Olivet Fire Department
Olivet · volunteer
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Nationwide volunteer peers near 33 personnel

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