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Copper City Volunteer Fire Department

Copper City, MI · Houghton County. Copper City Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department and 14 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

14
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Copper City Volunteer Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Michigan average.

8th pct.
national personnel size
-36%
vs. Michigan average

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.

F
PlainFireData Composite Score
0/100
Copper City Volunteer 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
No station count on file for this department
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
14 personnel

Copper City Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department serving Copper City, MI (Houghton County) and 14 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #20,693 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #20,693 of 22,440
  • MI personnel rank #914 of 1,008
  • 26 other listed departments in Houghton County

Copper City Volunteer Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

14 Top 92% higher than 8% 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 03105 · Copper City Volunteer Fire Department, MI 14 personnel

PERS-MICRO · STA-UNK · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-N · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-MICRO 14
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-LOWER #20,693
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Elbow-Tulaby Lakes
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Elbow-Tulaby Lakes Fire Department, MN (+ 0 personnel)

Instrument codes from this department’s HIFLD personnel and station counts, staffing type, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer department, FEMA AFG/SAFER book, and field completeness, not a readiness rating.

Personnel neighbourhood

Nationwide HIFLD headcount poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every MI department.

Department Profile

Type
Location
Copper City, MI
FDID
03105

Staffing vs the Michigan average

How Copper City Volunteer Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Michigan. In-state it ranks #914 of 1,008 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #20,693 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 36% below the state average
Stations
Not reported
State fire deaths/yr
112
MI departments
1,274

County roster fringe

Copper City Volunteer Fire Department is 3.3% of Houghton County roster mass

The county lists 27 departments totaling 422 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 30% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

Photo-finish peer: Elbow-Tulaby Lakes Fire Department, MN (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nearby Departments

Bootjack Fire and Rescue Department
Lake Linden · volunteer
Calumet Township Fire and Rescue
Calumet · volunteer
Calumet Village Fire Department
Calumet · volunteer
Chassell Fire Department
Chassell · volunteer
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Nationwide departments near 14 personnel

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

Elbow-Tulaby Lakes Fire Department, MN 14 Thatcher - Penrose Fire Department and Water Service District, UT 14 Wild Horse Volunteer Fire Department, NM 14 Lone Rock Volunteer Fire Department, AR 14

Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Copper City Volunteer Fire Department have?

Copper City Volunteer Fire Department has 14 total personnel according to HIFLD data. This is 36% below the Michigan average of 22 per department. Among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel, it ranks #20,693 of 22,440 by total personnel (same basis as the largest-departments ranking). Within MI, it ranks #914 of 1,008 by personnel.

Does Copper City Volunteer Fire Department provide EMS services?

Copper City Volunteer Fire Department is not listed as providing EMS in the HIFLD record. Contact local emergency services to confirm which agency covers medical calls.

How many fire stations does Copper City Volunteer Fire Department operate?

Station count data for Copper City Volunteer Fire Department is not available in the HIFLD database.

What type of fire department is Copper City Volunteer Fire Department?

Copper City Volunteer Fire Department is a fire department serving Houghton County, MI.

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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