Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderDetroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport Fire Department
Detroit, MI · Wayne County. Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 3 stations and 66 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.
- 66
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport Fire Department pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Michigan average.
- Top 9%
- national personnel size
- +200%
- vs. Michigan average
- 3
- stations
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.
Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Detroit, MI (Wayne County), with 3 stations and 66 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #2,132 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #2,132 of 22,440
- MI personnel rank #38 of 1,008
- 4.55 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 44 other listed departments in Wayne County
Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
66 Top 9% higher than 91% 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 08209 · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport Fire Department, MI 66 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 66
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-TOP #2,132
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Cassadaga Volunte…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Cassadaga Volunteer Fire Department, NY (+ 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.
- Detroit Metropoli… (this dept) 66
- High Middlebury Volunt…, CT 66
- Near Cassadaga Volunte…, NY 66
- Near Affton Fire Prote…, MO 66
- Near East Bend Volunte…, NC 66
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Detroit, MI
- County
- Wayne County
- FDID
- 08209
Staffing vs the Michigan average
How Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Michigan. In-state it ranks #38 of 1,008 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #2,132 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 112
- MI departments
- 1,274
County roster fringe
Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport Fire Department is 4.0% of Wayne County roster mass
The county lists 59 departments totaling 1,641 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 100% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
4.55 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 66 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Cassadaga Volunteer Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 66 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MI department.