Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderCity of River Rouge Fire Department
River Rouge, MI · Wayne County. City of River Rouge Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 27 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.
- 27
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
City of River Rouge Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Michigan average.
- 47th pct.
- national personnel size
- +23%
- vs. Michigan average
- 1
- station
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 River Rouge Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving River Rouge, MI (Wayne County), with 1 station and 27 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #11,990 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #11,990 of 22,440
- MI personnel rank #337 of 1,008
- 3.70 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 44 other listed departments in Wayne County
City of River Rouge Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
27 Top 53% higher than 47% 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 08238 · City of River Rouge Fire Department, MI 27 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 27
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #11,990
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Salem Volunteer F…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Salem Volunteer Fire Company Incorportated, 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.
- City of River Rou… (this dept) 27
- High Woodleaf Volunteer, NC 27
- Near Salem Volunteer F…, CT 27
- Near Riverside Departm…, MO 27
- Near Mitchell Fire and…, SD 27
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- River Rouge, MI
- County
- Wayne County
- FDID
- 08238
Staffing vs the Michigan average
How City of River Rouge Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Michigan. In-state it ranks #337 of 1,008 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #11,990 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
City of River Rouge Fire Department is 1.6% of Wayne County roster mass
The county lists 59 departments totaling 1,641 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 100% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
3.70 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 27 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Salem Volunteer Fire Company Incorportated, CT (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 27 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MI department.