Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderDrummond Island Volunteer Fire and Rescue
Drummond Island, MI · Chippewa County. Drummond Island Volunteer Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department and 33 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.
- 33
- Total personnel
- Not reported
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Drummond Island Volunteer Fire and Rescue pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Michigan average.
- Top 39%
- national personnel size
- +50%
- 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.
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.
Drummond Island Volunteer Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department serving Drummond Island, MI (Chippewa County) and 33 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #8,655 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #8,655 of 22,440
- MI personnel rank #190 of 1,008
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 18 other listed departments in Chippewa County
Drummond Island Volunteer Fire and Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
33 Top 39% higher than 61% of 22,440 departments
Listable U.S. fire departments, banded by total personnel
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more departments. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source HIFLD fire-station registry · 2026-09-06
Dispatch plate
Sheet 01715 · Drummond Island Volunteer Fire and Rescue, MI 33 personnel
PERS-SMALL · STA-UNK · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-PART
- PERS-SMALL 33
- STA-UNK Stations pending
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #8,655
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Semora Volunteer…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-PART 3/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Semora Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated, 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.
- Drummond Island V… (this dept) 33
- High Knifley Fire Depa…, KY 33
- Near Semora Volunteer…, NC 33
- Near Providence Fire a…, NC 33
- Near Pine Knoll Shores…, NC 33
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Drummond Island, MI
- County
- Chippewa County
- FDID
- 01715
Staffing vs the Michigan average
How Drummond Island Volunteer Fire and Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in Michigan. In-state it ranks #190 of 1,008 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #8,655 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- Not reported
- State fire deaths/yr
- 112
- MI departments
- 1,274
County roster geometry
Chippewa County HIFLD mix around Drummond Island Volunteer Fire and Rescue
Chippewa County: 19 departments, 275 personnel (8 volunteer / 1 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 63% of departments. County / state rollup.
Photo-finish peer: Semora Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated, NC (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 33 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MI department.