Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Elk Township Fire/Rescue

Peck, MI · Sanilac County. Elk Township Fire/Rescue is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 20 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.

20
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Elk Township Fire/Rescue pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Michigan average.

24th pct.
national personnel size
-9%
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
38/100
Elk Township Fire/Rescue

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
20 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
20 personnel · 1 station

Elk Township Fire/Rescue is a Volunteer department serving Peck, MI (Sanilac County), with 1 station and 20 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #16,981 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #16,981 of 22,440
  • MI personnel rank #670 of 1,008
  • 5.00 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 15 other listed departments in Sanilac County

Elk Township Fire/Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution

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

20 Top 76% higher than 24% 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 07611 · Elk Township Fire/Rescue, MI 20 personnel · 1 station

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

  • PERS-SMALL 20
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #16,981
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Thayer
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Thayer Fire Department, MO (+ 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
VOLUNTEER
Location
Peck, MI
FDID
07611

Staffing vs the Michigan average

How Elk Township Fire/Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in Michigan. In-state it ranks #670 of 1,008 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #16,981 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 9% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
112
MI departments
1,274

County roster fringe

Elk Township Fire/Rescue is 5.8% of Sanilac County roster mass

The county lists 17 departments totaling 345 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 29% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

5.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 20 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Thayer Fire Department, MO (+0 personnel).

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

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Deckerville Fire Department
Deckerville · volunteer
Delaware Township Fire Department
Minden City · volunteer
Lamotte Township Fire Department
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Nationwide volunteer peers near 20 personnel

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