Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderColon Fire Department
Colon, MI · St Joseph County. Colon Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 26 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.
- 26
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Colon Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Michigan average.
- 44th pct.
- national personnel size
- +18%
- 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.
Colon Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Colon, MI (St Joseph County), with 1 station and 26 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #12,478 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #12,478 of 22,440
- MI personnel rank #367 of 1,008
- 3.85 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 10 other listed departments in St Joseph County
Colon Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
26 Top 56% higher than 44% 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 07503 · Colon Fire Department, MI 26 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 26
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-MID #12,478
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Carbon County Fir…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Carbon County Fire Department - Ryan Park Station, WY (+ 0 personnel)
Volunteer 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.
- Colon (this dept) 26
- High Perry, GA 26
- Near Carbon County Fir…, WY 26
- Near Pinecrest Volunte…, TN 26
- Near Gardnerville Fire…, NC 26
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Colon, MI
- County
- St Joseph County
- FDID
- 07503
Staffing vs the Michigan average
How Colon Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Michigan. In-state it ranks #367 of 1,008 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #12,478 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 geometry
St Joseph County HIFLD mix around Colon Fire Department
St Joseph County: 11 departments, 255 personnel (9 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 91% of departments. County / state rollup.
3.85 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 26 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Carbon County Fire Department - Ryan Park Station, WY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 26 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MI department.