Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderCity of Sault Sainte Marie Fire Department
Sault Sainte Marie, MI · Chippewa County. City of Sault Sainte Marie Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 25 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.
- 25
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
City of Sault Sainte Marie Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Michigan average.
- 41st pct.
- national personnel size
- +14%
- 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 Sault Sainte Marie Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Sault Sainte Marie, MI (Chippewa County), with 1 station and 25 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #13,191 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #13,191 of 22,440
- MI personnel rank #415 of 1,008
- 4.00 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 18 other listed departments in Chippewa County
City of Sault Sainte Marie Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
25 Top 59% higher than 41% 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 01707 · City of Sault Sainte Marie Fire Department, MI 25 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 25
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #13,191
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Cherry Grove Volu…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Cherry Grove Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated, NC (+ 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 Sault Sai… (this dept) 25
- High Pine Grove Volunt…, AL 25
- Near Cherry Grove Volu…, NC 25
- Near Milton Volunteer…, NC 25
- Near Casville Voluntee…, NC 25
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Sault Sainte Marie, MI
- County
- Chippewa County
- FDID
- 01707
Staffing vs the Michigan average
How City of Sault Sainte Marie Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Michigan. In-state it ranks #415 of 1,008 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #13,191 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 Sault Sainte Marie Fire Department is 9.1% of Chippewa County roster mass
The county lists 19 departments totaling 275 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 63% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
4.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 25 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Cherry Grove Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated, NC (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 25 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MI department.