Department profile
Career (Paid)Department of Veterans Affairs Fire Department
Battle Creek, MI · Calhoun County. Department of Veterans Affairs Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 29 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 29
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Not reported
- EMS service
The verdict
Department of Veterans Affairs Fire Department pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount above the Michigan average.
- Top 49%
- national personnel size
- +32%
- 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.
Department of Veterans Affairs Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Battle Creek, MI (Calhoun County), with 1 station and 29 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #11,009 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #11,009 of 22,440
- MI personnel rank #284 of 1,008
- 3.45 stations per 100 personnel
- 19 other listed departments in Calhoun County
Department of Veterans Affairs Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
29 Top 49% higher than 51% 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 01320 · Department of Veterans Affairs Fire Department, MI 29 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-UNK · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 29
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-UNK EMS pending
- RANK-MID #11,009
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Northeast Cabarru…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Northeast Cabarrus Volunteer Fire Department, NC (+ 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 of Vet… (this dept) 29
- High South Foster, RI 29
- Near Northeast Cabarru…, NC 29
- Near Spring Garden Vol…, AL 29
- Near Holts Summit Fire…, MO 29
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Battle Creek, MI
- County
- Calhoun County
- FDID
- 01320
Staffing vs the Michigan average
How Department of Veterans Affairs Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Michigan. In-state it ranks #284 of 1,008 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #11,009 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
Department of Veterans Affairs Fire Department is 4.9% of Calhoun County roster mass
The county lists 24 departments totaling 593 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 17% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
3.45 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 29 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Northeast Cabarrus Volunteer Fire Department, NC (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 29 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MI department.