Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderGrand Haven Department of Public Safety
Grand Haven, MI · Ottawa County. Grand Haven Department of Public Safety is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 47 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.
- 47
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Grand Haven Department of Public Safety pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Michigan average.
- Top 20%
- national personnel size
- +114%
- 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.
Grand Haven Department of Public Safety is a Career (Paid) department serving Grand Haven, MI (Ottawa County), with 1 station and 47 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #4,447 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #4,447 of 22,440
- MI personnel rank #83 of 1,008
- 2.13 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 24 other listed departments in Ottawa County
Grand Haven Department of Public Safety vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
47 Top 20% higher than 80% 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 07009 · Grand Haven Department of Public Safety, MI 47 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 47
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #4,447
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Cherry Creek
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Cherry Creek Fire Department, NY (+ 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.
- Grand Haven Depar… (this dept) 47
- High Killingworth Volu…, CT 47
- Near Cherry Creek, NY 47
- Near Cedar Falls, IA 47
- Near Frederick County…, VA 47
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Grand Haven, MI
- County
- Ottawa County
- FDID
- 07009
Staffing vs the Michigan average
How Grand Haven Department of Public Safety's personnel count compares to the typical department in Michigan. In-state it ranks #83 of 1,008 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #4,447 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
Grand Haven Department of Public Safety is 7.1% of Ottawa County roster mass
The county lists 31 departments totaling 660 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 84% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
2.13 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 47 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Cherry Creek Fire Department, NY (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 47 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MI department.