Department profile
VolunteerCharter Township of Bedford Fire Department
Battle Creek, MI · Calhoun County. Charter Township of Bedford Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 3 stations and 23 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 23
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Charter Township of Bedford Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Michigan average.
- 33rd pct.
- national personnel size
- +5%
- vs. Michigan average
- 3
- stations
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.
Charter Township of Bedford Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Battle Creek, MI (Calhoun County), with 3 stations and 23 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #14,969 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #14,969 of 22,440
- MI personnel rank #530 of 1,008
- 13.04 stations per 100 personnel
- 19 other listed departments in Calhoun County
Charter Township of Bedford Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
23 Top 67% higher than 33% 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 01305 · Charter Township of Bedford Fire Department, MI 23 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 23
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-LOWER #14,969
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Drexel
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Drexel Fire Department, NC (+ 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.
- Charter Township… (this dept) 23
- High McGregor Volunteer, MN 23
- Near Drexel, NC 23
- Near Camdenton, MO 23
- Near South Mills Volun…, NC 23
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Battle Creek, MI
- County
- Calhoun County
- FDID
- 01305
Staffing vs the Michigan average
How Charter Township of Bedford Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Michigan. In-state it ranks #530 of 1,008 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #14,969 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 112
- MI departments
- 1,274
County roster fringe
Charter Township of Bedford Fire Department is 3.9% of Calhoun County roster mass
The county lists 24 departments totaling 593 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 17% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
13.04 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 23 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Drexel Fire Department, NC (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 23 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MI department.