Department profile
VolunteerEMS ProviderMarkey Township Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department
Houghton Lake, MI · Roscommon County. Markey Township Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department is a Volunteer department, 1 station and 24 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.
- 24
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Markey Township Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Michigan average.
- 35th pct.
- national personnel size
- +9%
- 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.
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.
Markey Township Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department is a Volunteer department serving Houghton Lake, MI (Roscommon County), with 1 station and 24 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #14,600 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #14,600 of 22,440
- MI personnel rank #505 of 1,008
- 4.17 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 9 other listed departments in Roscommon County
Markey Township Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
24 Top 65% higher than 35% 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 07207 · Markey Township Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department, MI 24 personnel · 1 station
PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-VOL · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-SMALL 24
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-VOL Volunteer
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #14,600
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Pine Mountain Val…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: Pine Mountain Valley Volunteer Fire Department, GA (+ 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.
- Markey Township F… (this dept) 24
- High Jellico, TN 24
- Near Pine Mountain Val…, GA 24
- Near Glencoe Volunteer, OH 24
- Near Grand Isle, VT 24
Department Profile
- Type
- MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
- Location
- Houghton Lake, MI
- County
- Roscommon County
- FDID
- 07207
Staffing vs the Michigan average
How Markey Township Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Michigan. In-state it ranks #505 of 1,008 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #14,600 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.
- Stations
- 1
- State fire deaths/yr
- 112
- MI departments
- 1,274
County roster fringe
Markey Township Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department is 9.8% of Roscommon County roster mass
The county lists 11 departments totaling 246 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 73% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
4.17 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 24 roster).
Photo-finish peer: Pine Mountain Valley Volunteer Fire Department, GA (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide volunteer peers near 24 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MI department.