Department profile

VolunteerEMS Provider

Hudson Township Fire and Rescue

Elmira, MI · Charlevoix County. Hudson Township Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 8 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.

8
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service

The verdict

Hudson Township Fire and Rescue pairs modest national personnel with a headcount well below the Michigan average.

1st pct.
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.

F
PlainFireData Composite Score
7/100
Hudson Township Fire and Rescue

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 F
8 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
8 personnel · 1 station

Hudson Township Fire and Rescue is a Volunteer department serving Elmira, MI (Charlevoix County), with 1 station and 8 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #22,214 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #22,214 of 22,440
  • MI personnel rank #1,001 of 1,008
  • 12.50 stations per 100 personnel
  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 8 other listed departments in Charlevoix County

Hudson Township Fire and Rescue vs. the national personnel distribution

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

8 Top 99% higher than 1% 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 01508 · Hudson Township Fire and Rescue, MI 8 personnel · 1 station

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

  • PERS-MICRO 8
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-LOWER #22,214
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ South Jersey Tran…
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: South Jersey Transportation Authority Fire Department, NJ (+ 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
VOLUNTEER
Location
Elmira, MI
FDID
01508

Staffing vs the Michigan average

How Hudson Township Fire and Rescue's personnel count compares to the typical department in Michigan. In-state it ranks #1,001 of 1,008 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #22,214 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▼ 64% below the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
112
MI departments
1,274

County roster fringe

Hudson Township Fire and Rescue is 5.0% of Charlevoix County roster mass

The county lists 11 departments totaling 159 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 55% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

12.50 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 8 roster).

Photo-finish peer: South Jersey Transportation Authority Fire Department, NJ (+0 personnel).

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

Nearby Departments

Beaver Island Fire Department
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Boyne City Volunteer Fire Department
Boyne City · volunteer
Boyne Valley Township Fire and Rescue
Boyne Falls · volunteer
Charlevoix Fire Department
Charlevoix · volunteer
East Jordan Fire Department
East Jordan · other
Melrose Township Fire Department
Walloon Lake · volunteer
Melrose Township Fire Department
Boyne Falls · other
All MI departments →

Nationwide volunteer peers near 8 personnel

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