Department profile
VolunteerGaines Township Fire Department
Gaines, MI · Genesee County. Gaines Township Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 25 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 25
- Total personnel
- 2
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Gaines Township Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Michigan average.
- 40th pct.
- national personnel size
- +14%
- 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.
Gaines Township Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Gaines, MI (Genesee County), with 2 stations and 25 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #13,404 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #13,404 of 22,440
- MI personnel rank #432 of 1,008
- 8.00 stations per 100 personnel
- 24 other listed departments in Genesee County
Gaines Township Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
25 Top 60% higher than 40% 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 02526 · Gaines Township Fire Department, MI 25 personnel · 2 stations
PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 25
- STA-FEW 2 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-MID #13,404
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Gold Ridge Volunt…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Gold Ridge Volunteer Fire Department, AL (+ 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.
- Gaines Township (this dept) 25
- High Level Plains Volu…, AL 25
- Near Gold Ridge Volunt…, AL 25
- Near Crane Hill Volunt…, AL 25
- Near Bethsadia Volunte…, AL 25
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Gaines, MI
- County
- Genesee County
- FDID
- 02526
Staffing vs the Michigan average
How Gaines Township Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Michigan. In-state it ranks #432 of 1,008 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #13,404 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
Gaines Township Fire Department is 2.4% of Genesee County roster mass
The county lists 33 departments totaling 1,035 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 48% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
8.00 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 25 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Gold Ridge Volunteer Fire Department, AL (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 25 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MI department.