Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderHiggins Township Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department
Roscommon, MI · Roscommon County. Higgins Township Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 23 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.
- 23
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Higgins Township Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Michigan average.
- 33rd pct.
- national personnel size
- +5%
- 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.
Higgins Township Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department is a Volunteer department serving Roscommon, MI (Roscommon County), with 1 station and 23 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #15,110 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #15,110 of 22,440
- MI personnel rank #540 of 1,008
- 4.35 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 9 other listed departments in Roscommon County
Higgins Township Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
23 Top 67% higher than 33% 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 07204 · Higgins Township Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department, MI 23 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 23
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #15,110
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Shiloh-Columbia V…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Shiloh-Columbia Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated, NC (+ 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.
- Higgins Township… (this dept) 23
- High Lily Dale Volunte…, NY 23
- Near Shiloh-Columbia V…, NC 23
- Near Good Thunder, MN 23
- Near Hugo Volunteer, CO 23
Department Profile
- Type
- VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Roscommon, MI
- County
- Roscommon County
- FDID
- 07204
Staffing vs the Michigan average
How Higgins Township Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Michigan. In-state it ranks #540 of 1,008 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #15,110 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
Higgins Township Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department is 9.3% of Roscommon County roster mass
The county lists 11 departments totaling 246 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 73% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
4.35 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 23 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Shiloh-Columbia Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated, NC (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 23 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MI department.