Department profile

Volunteer

Cutlerville Fire Department

Grand Rapids, MI · Kent County. Cutlerville Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 17 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

17
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Not reported
EMS service

The verdict

Cutlerville Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Michigan average.

15th pct.
national personnel size
-23%
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.

D
PlainFireData Composite Score
28/100
Cutlerville 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 D
17 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
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
17 personnel · 1 station

Cutlerville Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Grand Rapids, MI (Kent County), with 1 station and 17 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #19,075 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #19,075 of 22,440
  • MI personnel rank #835 of 1,008
  • 5.88 stations per 100 personnel
  • 31 other listed departments in Kent County

Cutlerville Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

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

17 Top 85% higher than 15% 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 04109 · Cutlerville Fire Department, MI 17 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-UNK · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-SMALL 17
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-UNK EMS pending
  • RANK-LOWER #19,075
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Piedmont Triad Ai…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-PART 3/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Piedmont Triad Airport Authority Fire Rescue Department, NC (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
Location
Grand Rapids, MI
FDID
04109

Staffing vs the Michigan average

How Cutlerville Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Michigan. In-state it ranks #835 of 1,008 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #19,075 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 23% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
112
MI departments
1,274

County roster fringe

Cutlerville Fire Department is 1.5% of Kent County roster mass

The county lists 38 departments totaling 1,098 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 87% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

5.88 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 17 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Piedmont Triad Airport Authority Fire Rescue Department, NC (+0 personnel).

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

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Nationwide volunteer peers near 17 personnel

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