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Michigan City Fire Department

Michigan City, IN · La Porte County. Michigan City Fire Department is a fire department. 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.

Not reported
Total personnel
Not reported
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
Yes
EMS service
F
PlainFireData Composite Score
0/100
Michigan City Fire Department

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
No station count on file for this department
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
Other department profile

Michigan City Fire Department is a fire department serving Michigan City, IN (La Porte County). According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields. Cumulative FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on record: $843,027.

  • EMS provider (HIFLD)
  • 17 other listed departments in La Porte County

Dispatch plate

Sheet IN-MICHIGAN-CITY-FIRE-DEPARTMENT-IN · Michigan City Fire Department, IN personnel n/a

PERS-UNK · STA-UNK · TYPE-OTHER · EMS-Y · RANK-UNK · GAP-UNK · FEMA-MID · BOOK-PART

  • PERS-UNK Staff pending
  • STA-UNK Stations pending
  • TYPE-OTHER Uncoded type
  • EMS-Y EMS on file
  • RANK-UNK Rank pending
  • GAP-UNK Gap pending
  • FEMA-MID $843K
  • BOOK-PART 2/5 fields

Instrument codes from this department’s HIFLD personnel and station counts, staffing type, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer department, FEMA AFG/SAFER book, and field completeness, not a readiness rating.

Department Profile

Type
Location
Michigan City, IN

FEMA Grant History

$843K
Cumulative funding (FY2009–2018)
2
Awards
Year Award Amount
2018 EMW2016FH00446 $667,366.95
2009 EMW-2009-FO-1136 $175,660

Source: USAspending.gov (CFDA 97.044 AFG / 97.083 SAFER)

County roster geometry

La Porte County HIFLD mix around Michigan City Fire Department

La Porte County: 20 departments, 410 personnel (10 volunteer / 2 career / 0 combination); EMS flag on 75% of departments. County / state rollup.

Nearby Departments

Kankakee Township Volunteer Fire Department
Rolling Prairie · volunteer
Kingsford Fire Department
Kingsford Heights · volunteer
LA Porte City Fire Department
La Porte · career
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Frequently Asked Questions

How many firefighters does Michigan City Fire Department have?

Personnel data for Michigan City Fire Department is not available in the HIFLD database.

Does Michigan City Fire Department provide EMS services?

Yes, Michigan City Fire Department provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in addition to fire response.

How many fire stations does Michigan City Fire Department operate?

Station count data for Michigan City Fire Department is not available in the HIFLD database.

What type of fire department is Michigan City Fire Department?

Michigan City Fire Department is a fire department serving La Porte County, IN.

Has Michigan City Fire Department received federal grants?

Yes, Michigan City Fire Department has received 2 FEMA grants totaling $843,026.95 in cumulative AFG and SAFER awards across FY2009–2018 (sum of all recorded award years, not a single-year figure). The most recent award year in our extract is FY2018.

How many fire departments are in Indiana?

Indiana has 969 fire departments with 21,919 total personnel. 55% are volunteer departments.

Related guides

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Verify with USFA/FEMA →

HIFLD/USFA registry extract, informational only, not a readiness rating.