Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderCity of Flint Fire Department
Flint, MI · Genesee County. City of Flint Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 6 stations and 240 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.
- 240
- Total personnel
- 6
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
City of Flint Fire Department pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Michigan average.
- Top 1%
- national personnel size
- +991%
- vs. Michigan average
- 6
- stations
- $3,815,621
- 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 Flint Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Flint, MI (Genesee County), with 6 stations and 240 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #167 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $3,815,621.
- National personnel rank #167 of 22,440
- MI personnel rank #2 of 1,008
- 2.50 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 24 other listed departments in Genesee County
City of Flint Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
240 Top 1% higher than 99% 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 02507 · City of Flint Fire Department, MI 240 personnel · 6 stations
PERS-LARGE · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-LARGE 240
- STA-MULTI 6 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #167
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Hicksville
- FEMA-MID $3.8M
- BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Hicksville Fire Department, NY (+ 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.
- High Stamford Fire and…, CT 241
- City of Flint (this dept) 240
- Near Hicksville, NY 240
- Near Lindenhurst, NY 240
- Low Naperville, IL 239
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Flint, MI
- County
- Genesee County
- FDID
- 02507
FEMA Grant History
| Year | Award | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | EMW2016FO04826 | $267,069 |
| 2016 | EMW2015FH00796 | $3,767,280 |
| 2010 | EMW2009FH00753 | $-218,728 |
Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)
Staffing vs the Michigan average
How City of Flint Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Michigan. In-state it ranks #2 of 1,008 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #167 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 6
- State fire deaths/yr
- 112
- MI departments
- 1,274
County staffing outlier
Career (Paid) island in a volunteer-heavy Genesee County
County mix is mostly volunteer (20 volunteer / 2 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.
2.50 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (6 stations / 240 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Hicksville Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 240 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MI department.