Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderIndependence Fire Department
Clarkston, MI · Oakland County. Independence Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 3 stations and 52 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.
- 52
- Total personnel
- 3
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Independence Fire Department pairs top-quartile national personnel with a headcount more than double the Michigan average.
- Top 16%
- national personnel size
- +136%
- vs. Michigan average
- 3
- 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.
Independence Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Clarkston, MI (Oakland County), with 3 stations and 52 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #3,591 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #3,591 of 22,440
- MI personnel rank #70 of 1,008
- 5.77 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 51 other listed departments in Oakland County
Independence Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
52 Top 16% higher than 84% 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 06310 · Independence Fire Department, MI 52 personnel · 3 stations
PERS-MID · STA-FEW · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MID 52
- STA-FEW 3 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-UPPER #3,591
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Duncanville Volun…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Duncanville Volunteer Fire Department - Southfork Station, AL (+ 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.
- Independence (this dept) 52
- High Moreau Fire Prote…, MO 52
- Near Duncanville Volun…, AL 52
- Near Alexander City, AL 52
- Near Bridgeton City, NJ 52
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY CAREER
- Location
- Clarkston, MI
- County
- Oakland County
- FDID
- 06310
Staffing vs the Michigan average
How Independence Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Michigan. In-state it ranks #70 of 1,008 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #3,591 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 3
- State fire deaths/yr
- 112
- MI departments
- 1,274
County roster fringe
Independence Fire Department is 2.2% of Oakland County roster mass
The county lists 73 departments totaling 2,378 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 96% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
5.77 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (3 stations / 52 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Duncanville Volunteer Fire Department - Southfork Station, AL (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 52 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MI department.