Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderCharlotte 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.
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.
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.
- Charlotte (this dept) 33
- High Highland Volunteer, PA 33
- Near Quaill District F…, PA 33
- Near Glen Rock, NJ 33
- Near Spencerville / In…, OH 33
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Charlotte, MI
- County
- Eaton County
- FDID
- 02303
FEMA Grant History
| 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.
- 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
Nationwide volunteer peers near 33 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MI department.