Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderCovert Township Fire and Emergency Medical Services
Covert, MI · Van Buren County. Covert Township Fire and Emergency Medical Services 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
Covert Township Fire and Emergency Medical Services 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.
Covert Township Fire and Emergency Medical Services is a Volunteer department serving Covert, MI (Van Buren 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 #12,493 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #12,493 of 22,440
- MI personnel rank #369 of 1,008
- 3.85 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 13 other listed departments in Van Buren County
Covert Township Fire and Emergency Medical Services 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 08003 · Covert Township Fire and Emergency Medical Services, 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 #12,493
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Doniphan Voluntee…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Doniphan Volunteer Fire and Rescue, NE (+ 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.
- Covert Township F… (this dept) 26
- High Broxton, OK 26
- Near Doniphan Voluntee…, NE 26
- Near Burlington, IN 26
- Near Heath Rural Fire…, MT 26
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Covert, MI
- County
- Van Buren County
- FDID
- 08003
Staffing vs the Michigan average
How Covert Township Fire and Emergency Medical Services's personnel count compares to the typical department in Michigan. In-state it ranks #369 of 1,008 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #12,493 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
Covert Township Fire and Emergency Medical Services is 6.0% of Van Buren County roster mass
The county lists 14 departments totaling 430 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 79% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
3.85 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 26 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Doniphan Volunteer Fire and Rescue, NE (+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.