Department profile

Career (Paid)EMS Provider

City of Southfield Fire Department

Southfield, MI · Oakland County. City of Southfield Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 5 stations and 109 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.

109
Total personnel
5
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

City of Southfield Fire Department pairs top-5% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Michigan average.

Top 4%
national personnel size
+395%
vs. Michigan average
5
stations
$2,022,298
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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
52/100
City of Southfield 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 C
21.8 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 B
$18,553 in AFG grant funding per staff member (national median $11,875, among departments with a grant on file)
109 personnel · 5 stations

City of Southfield Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Southfield, MI (Oakland County), with 5 stations and 109 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #796 of 22,440. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $2,022,298.

  • National personnel rank #796 of 22,440
  • MI personnel rank #9 of 1,008
  • 4.59 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 51 other listed departments in Oakland County

City of Southfield Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

109 Top 4% higher than 96% 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 06337 · City of Southfield Fire Department, MI 109 personnel · 5 stations

PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-MID 109
  • STA-FEW 5 stations
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-TOP #796
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Effingham Fire Re…
  • FEMA-MID $2.0M
  • BOOK-FULL 5/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Effingham Fire Rescue, GA (+ 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
Southfield, MI
FDID
06337

FEMA Grant History

$2.0M
Cumulative funding (FY2010)
1
Awards
Year Award Amount
2010 EMW-2010-FH-0089 $2,022,298

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

Staffing vs the Michigan average

How City of Southfield Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Michigan. In-state it ranks #9 of 1,008 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #796 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 395% above the state average
Stations
5
State fire deaths/yr
112
MI departments
1,274

County roster fringe

City of Southfield Fire Department is 4.6% of Oakland County roster mass

The county lists 73 departments totaling 2,378 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 96% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

4.59 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (5 stations / 109 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Effingham Fire Rescue, GA (+0 personnel).

Nearby Departments

Auburn Hills Fire Department
Auburn Hills · volunteer
Bloomfield Hills Public Safety Department
Bloomfield Hills · career
Bloomfield Township Fire Department
Bloomfield Hills · career
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Nationwide career peers near 109 personnel

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

Effingham Fire Rescue, GA 109 Hill Air Force Base Fire Department-Dod, UT 109 Greenport Fire Department, NY 109 Gaithersburg-Washington Grove Volunteer Fire Department, MD 109 Weymouth Fire Department, MA 109 Billings Fire Department, MT 108 City of Harlingen Fire Department, TX 108 Victoria Fire Department, TX 110

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does City of Southfield Fire Department have?

City of Southfield Fire Department has 109 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 395% above the Michigan average of 22 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #796 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within MI, it ranks #9 of 1,008 by personnel.

Does City of Southfield Fire Department provide EMS services?

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

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

City of Southfield Fire Department operates 5 fire stations.

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

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

Has City of Southfield Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, City of Southfield Fire Department has received 1 FEMA grant totaling $2,022,298 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2010 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2010.

How many fire departments are in Michigan?

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

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