Department profile
VolunteerHowell Area Fire Department
Howell, MI · Livingston County. Howell Area Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 5 stations and 73 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 73
- Total personnel
- 5
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Howell Area Fire Department pairs top-10% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Michigan average.
- Top 8%
- national personnel size
- +232%
- vs. Michigan average
- 5
- 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.
Howell Area Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Howell, MI (Livingston County), with 5 stations and 73 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #1,759 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #1,759 of 22,440
- MI personnel rank #28 of 1,008
- 6.85 stations per 100 personnel
- 12 other listed departments in Livingston County
Howell Area Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
73 Top 8% higher than 92% 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 04706 · Howell Area Fire Department, MI 73 personnel · 5 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 73
- STA-FEW 5 stations
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-TOP #1,759
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Jackpot Volunteer
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Jackpot Volunteer Fire Department, NV (+ 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.
- Howell Area (this dept) 73
- High Carroll County, MD 73
- Near Jackpot Volunteer, NV 73
- Near Canterbury Volunt…, CT 73
- Near Washington, MO 73
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Howell, MI
- County
- Livingston County
- FDID
- 04706
Staffing vs the Michigan average
How Howell Area Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Michigan. In-state it ranks #28 of 1,008 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #1,759 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 5
- State fire deaths/yr
- 112
- MI departments
- 1,274
County roster geometry
Livingston County HIFLD mix around Howell Area Fire Department
Livingston County: 16 departments, 376 personnel (8 volunteer / 0 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 75% of departments. County / state rollup.
6.85 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (5 stations / 73 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Jackpot Volunteer Fire Department, NV (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 73 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MI department.