Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderCity of Ann Arbor Fire Department
Ann Arbor, MI · Washtenaw County. City of Ann Arbor Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 5 stations and 84 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.
- 84
- Total personnel
- 5
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
City of Ann Arbor Fire Department pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Michigan average.
- Top 6%
- national personnel size
- +282%
- vs. Michigan average
- 5
- stations
- $356,968
- 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.
City of Ann Arbor Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Ann Arbor, MI (Washtenaw County), with 5 stations and 84 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,331 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $356,968.
- National personnel rank #1,331 of 22,440
- MI personnel rank #20 of 1,008
- 5.95 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 14 other listed departments in Washtenaw County
City of Ann Arbor Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
84 Top 6% higher than 94% 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 08101 · City of Ann Arbor Fire Department, MI 84 personnel · 5 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-LIGHT · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 84
- STA-FEW 5 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #1,331
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Grand Junction
- FEMA-LIGHT $357K
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Grand Junction Fire Department, CO (+ 0 personnel)
Career/paid 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.
- City of Ann Arbor (this dept) 84
- High East County Fire…, MO 84
- Near Grand Junction, CO 84
- Near Branford, CT 84
- Near Grays Creek, NC 84
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Ann Arbor, MI
- County
- Washtenaw County
- FDID
- 08101
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | EMW2014FR00297 | $356,968 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Michigan average
How City of Ann Arbor Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Michigan. In-state it ranks #20 of 1,008 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,331 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 5
- State fire deaths/yr
- 112
- MI departments
- 1,274
County staffing outlier
Career (Paid) island in a volunteer-heavy Washtenaw County
County mix is mostly volunteer (9 volunteer / 4 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.
5.95 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (5 stations / 84 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Grand Junction Fire Department, CO (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 84 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MI department.