Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderEast Grand Rapids Department of Public Safety
East Grand Rapids, MI · Kent County. East Grand Rapids Department of Public Safety is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 39 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.
- 39
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
East Grand Rapids Department of Public Safety pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Michigan average.
- Top 29%
- national personnel size
- +77%
- 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.
East Grand Rapids Department of Public Safety is a Career (Paid) department serving East Grand Rapids, MI (Kent County), with 1 station and 39 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #6,489 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #6,489 of 22,440
- MI personnel rank #122 of 1,008
- 2.56 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 31 other listed departments in Kent County
East Grand Rapids Department of Public Safety vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
39 Top 29% higher than 71% 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 04111 · East Grand Rapids Department of Public Safety, MI 39 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 39
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #6,489
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Valley Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Valley Volunteer Fire Department, AL (+ 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.
- East Grand Rapids… (this dept) 39
- High Saint John Fire D…, NC 39
- Near Valley Volunteer, AL 39
- Near East Limestone Vo…, AL 39
- Near Abbeville Fire an…, AL 39
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- East Grand Rapids, MI
- County
- Kent County
- FDID
- 04111
Staffing vs the Michigan average
How East Grand Rapids Department of Public Safety's personnel count compares to the typical department in Michigan. In-state it ranks #122 of 1,008 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #6,489 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
East Grand Rapids Department of Public Safety is 3.6% 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.
2.56 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 39 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Valley Volunteer Fire Department, AL (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 39 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MI department.