Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderEmmett Township Department of Public Safety
Battle Creek, MI · Calhoun County. Emmett Township Department of Public Safety is a Career (Paid) department, 2 stations and 35 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.
- 35
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Emmett Township Department of Public Safety pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Michigan average.
- Top 35%
- national personnel size
- +59%
- vs. Michigan average
- 2
- 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.
Emmett Township Department of Public Safety is a Career (Paid) department serving Battle Creek, MI (Calhoun County), with 2 stations and 35 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #7,749 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #7,749 of 22,440
- MI personnel rank #157 of 1,008
- 5.71 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 19 other listed departments in Calhoun County
Emmett Township Department of Public Safety vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
35 Top 35% higher than 65% 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 01307 · Emmett Township Department of Public Safety, MI 35 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 35
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #7,749
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Jackson Park Volu…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Jackson Park 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.
- Emmett Township D… (this dept) 35
- High Orleans Fire/Resc…, MA 35
- Near Jackson Park Volu…, NC 35
- Near Enola Volunteer, NC 35
- Near Middlebury Volunt…, VT 35
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Battle Creek, MI
- County
- Calhoun County
- FDID
- 01307
Staffing vs the Michigan average
How Emmett Township Department of Public Safety's personnel count compares to the typical department in Michigan. In-state it ranks #157 of 1,008 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,749 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 2
- State fire deaths/yr
- 112
- MI departments
- 1,274
County roster fringe
Emmett Township Department of Public Safety is 5.9% 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.
5.71 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 35 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Jackson Park 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 35 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MI department.