Department profile
Career (Paid)Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety
Kalamazoo, MI · Kalamazoo County. Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety is a Career (Paid) department, 6 stations and 325 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.
- 325
- Total personnel
- 6
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- No
- EMS service
The verdict
Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety pairs top-1% national personnel with a headcount more than double the Michigan average.
- Top 1%
- national personnel size
- +1377%
- vs. Michigan average
- 6
- 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.
Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety is a Career (Paid) department serving Kalamazoo, MI (Kalamazoo County), with 6 stations and 325 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #102 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #102 of 22,440
- MI personnel rank #1 of 1,008
- 1.85 stations per 100 personnel
- 17 other listed departments in Kalamazoo County
Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
325 Top 1% higher than 99%+ 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 03909 · Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety, MI 325 personnel · 6 stations
PERS-LARGE · STA-MULTI · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-N · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-LARGE 325
- STA-MULTI 6 stations
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-N No EMS flag
- RANK-TOP #102
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Rocky Grove Volun…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Rocky Grove Volunteer Fire Department, PA (+ 2 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.
- High Rocky Grove Volun…, PA 327
- Kalamazoo Departm… (this dept) 325
- Near Colleton County F…, SC 321
- Low East Fork Fire Pr…, NV 320
- Near Sunnyvale Departm…, CA 320
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Kalamazoo, MI
- County
- Kalamazoo County
- FDID
- 03909
Staffing vs the Michigan average
How Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety's personnel count compares to the typical department in Michigan. In-state it ranks #1 of 1,008 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #102 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 6
- State fire deaths/yr
- 112
- MI departments
- 1,274
County roster weight
Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety carries 39.1% of Kalamazoo County HIFLD personnel
Among 23 listed departments (832 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 52% of the county count. County / state rollup.
1.85 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (6 stations / 325 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Rocky Grove Volunteer Fire Department, PA (+2 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 325 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MI department.