Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderGrosse Pointe Farms Department of Public Safety
Grosse Pointe Farms, MI · Wayne County. Grosse Pointe Farms Department of Public Safety is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 36 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.
- 36
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Grosse Pointe Farms Department of Public Safety pairs above-median national personnel with a headcount well above the Michigan average.
- Top 33%
- national personnel size
- +64%
- 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.
Grosse Pointe Farms Department of Public Safety is a Career (Paid) department serving Grosse Pointe Farms, MI (Wayne County), with 1 station and 36 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #7,319 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #7,319 of 22,440
- MI personnel rank #143 of 1,008
- 2.78 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 44 other listed departments in Wayne County
Grosse Pointe Farms Department of Public Safety vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
36 Top 33% higher than 67% 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 08217 · Grosse Pointe Farms Department of Public Safety, MI 36 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 36
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #7,319
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Wequetequock
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Wequetequock Fire Department, CT (+ 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.
- Grosse Pointe Far… (this dept) 36
- High Moncks Corner City, SC 36
- Near Wequetequock, CT 36
- Near West Platte Fire…, MO 36
- Near Oak Level Volunte…, VA 36
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Grosse Pointe Farms, MI
- County
- Wayne County
- FDID
- 08217
Staffing vs the Michigan average
How Grosse Pointe Farms Department of Public Safety's personnel count compares to the typical department in Michigan. In-state it ranks #143 of 1,008 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #7,319 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
Grosse Pointe Farms Department of Public Safety is 2.2% of Wayne County roster mass
The county lists 59 departments totaling 1,641 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 100% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
2.78 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 36 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Wequetequock Fire Department, CT (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 36 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MI department.