Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Hillsdale City Fire Department

Hillsdale, MI · Hillsdale County. Hillsdale City Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 28 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.

28
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Hillsdale City Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Michigan average.

49th pct.
national personnel size
+27%
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.

B
PlainFireData Composite Score
62/100
Hillsdale City Fire Department

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.

Staffing capacity B
28 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
No EMS staffing breakdown on file
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
28 personnel · 1 station

Hillsdale City Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Hillsdale, MI (Hillsdale County), with 1 station and 28 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #11,527 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #11,527 of 22,440
  • MI personnel rank #309 of 1,008
  • 3.57 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 13 other listed departments in Hillsdale County

Hillsdale City Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

28 Top 51% higher than 49% 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 03003 · Hillsdale City Fire Department, MI 28 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 28
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-MID #11,527
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ 101 Gamaliel Volu…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: 101 Gamaliel Volunteer Fire Protection District, AR (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
Location
Hillsdale, MI
FDID
03003

Staffing vs the Michigan average

How Hillsdale City Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Michigan. In-state it ranks #309 of 1,008 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #11,527 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 27% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
112
MI departments
1,274

County roster fringe

Hillsdale City Fire Department is 9.5% of Hillsdale County roster mass

The county lists 14 departments totaling 296 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 57% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

3.57 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 28 roster).

Photo-finish peer: 101 Gamaliel Volunteer Fire Protection District, AR (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nearby Departments

Allen Township Fire Department
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Camden Fire Department
Camden · volunteer
Hillsdale Rural Fire Department
Hillsdale · volunteer
Jonesville Fire Department
Jonesville · volunteer
Litchfield Fire Department
Litchfield · volunteer
Montgomery Fire Department
Montgomery · volunteer
Moscow Township Fire Department
Jonesville · volunteer
North Adams Fire Department
North Adams · volunteer
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Nationwide volunteer peers near 28 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MI department.