Department profile
Career (Paid)EMS ProviderMelvindale Fire Department
Melvindale, MI · Wayne County. Melvindale Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 15 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.
- 15
- Total personnel
- 1
- Stations
- Not reported
- Fire trucks
- Yes
- EMS service
The verdict
Melvindale Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount below the Michigan average.
- 9th pct.
- national personnel size
- -32%
- 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.
Melvindale Fire Department is a Career (Paid) department serving Melvindale, MI (Wayne County), with 1 station and 15 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #20,324 of 22,440.
- National personnel rank #20,324 of 22,440
- MI personnel rank #898 of 1,008
- 6.67 stations per 100 personnel
- EMS provider (HIFLD)
- 44 other listed departments in Wayne County
Melvindale Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution
Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department
15 Top 91% higher than 9% 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 08231 · Melvindale Fire Department, MI 15 personnel · 1 station
PERS-MICRO · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-Y · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL
- PERS-MICRO 15
- STA-1 1 station
- TYPE-CAREER Career
- EMS-Y EMS on file
- RANK-LOWER #20,324
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ City of Goose Cre…
- FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
- BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields
Nearest personnel peer: City of Goose Creek Fire Department, SC (+ 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.
- Melvindale (this dept) 15
- High Holly Hill Fire R…, FL 15
- Near City of Goose Cre…, SC 15
- Near Kite Community Vo…, GA 15
- Near Mesa Verde Nation…, CO 15
Department Profile
- Type
- CAREER
- Location
- Melvindale, MI
- County
- Wayne County
- FDID
- 08231
Staffing vs the Michigan average
How Melvindale Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Michigan. In-state it ranks #898 of 1,008 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #20,324 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
Melvindale Fire Department is 0.9% of Wayne County roster mass
The county lists 59 departments totaling 1,641 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 100% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.
6.67 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 15 roster).
Photo-finish peer: City of Goose Creek Fire Department, SC (+0 personnel).
No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).
Nearby Departments
Nationwide career peers near 15 personnel
Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MI department.