Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

City of Jackson Fire Department

Jackson, MI · Jackson County. City of Jackson Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 47 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.

47
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

City of Jackson Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Michigan average.

Top 20%
national personnel size
+114%
vs. Michigan average
1
station
$1,642,481
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
PlainFireData Composite Score
90/100
City of Jackson 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 A
47 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
47 personnel · 1 station

City of Jackson Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Jackson, MI (Jackson County), with 1 station and 47 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,416 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $1,642,481.

  • National personnel rank #4,416 of 22,440
  • MI personnel rank #82 of 1,008
  • 2.13 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 17 other listed departments in Jackson County

City of Jackson Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

47 Top 20% higher than 80% 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 03808 · City of Jackson Fire Department, MI 47 personnel · 1 station

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

  • PERS-SMALL 47
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UPPER #4,416
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Pomfret
  • FEMA-MID $1.6M
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Pomfret Fire Department, CT (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
CAREER
Location
Jackson, MI
FDID
03808

FEMA Grant History

$0
Cumulative funding (FY2020)
0
Awards
Year Award Amount
2020 EMW-2020-FF-01228 $1,468,390
2020 EMW-2020-FG-12313 $174,091

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

Staffing vs the Michigan average

How City of Jackson Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Michigan. In-state it ranks #82 of 1,008 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,416 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 114% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
112
MI departments
1,274

County staffing outlier

Career (Paid) island in a volunteer-heavy Jackson County

County mix is mostly volunteer (12 volunteer / 4 career / 0 combination), while this page is typed career. County / state rollup.

2.13 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 47 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Pomfret Fire Department, CT (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Columbia Township Fire Department
Brooklyn · volunteer
Concord Fire Department
Concord · volunteer
Hanover Township Fire Department
Hanover · volunteer
Henrietta Township Fire Department
Pleasant Lake · volunteer
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Nationwide career peers near 47 personnel

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

Pomfret Fire Department, CT 47 Hillsville Volunteer Fire and Rescue, VA 47 Mount Hope Community Fire Department, NC 47 West Berlin Fire and Rescue, NJ 47 Naugatuck Fire Department, CT 47 Lanett Fire and Emergency Medical Services, AL 47 Cedar Falls Fire Department, IA 47 Asheboro Fire Department, NC 47

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does City of Jackson Fire Department have?

City of Jackson Fire Department has 47 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 114% above the Michigan average of 22 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #4,416 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within MI, it ranks #82 of 1,008 by personnel.

Does City of Jackson Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, City of Jackson Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does City of Jackson Fire Department operate?

City of Jackson Fire Department operates 1 fire station.

What type of fire department is City of Jackson Fire Department?

City of Jackson Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Jackson County, MI. Career departments employ full-time paid firefighters.

Has City of Jackson Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, City of Jackson Fire Department has received 2 FEMA grants totaling $1,642,481 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2020 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2020.

How many fire departments are in Michigan?

Michigan has 1,274 fire departments with 28,594 total personnel. 61% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

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