Department profile

Career (Paid)

Michigan Department of Natural Resources - Stephenson Field Office

Stephenson, MI · Menominee County. Michigan Department of Natural Resources - Stephenson Field Office is a Career (Paid) department, 1 station and 27 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

27
Total personnel
1
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Michigan Department of Natural Resources - Stephenson Field Office pairs modest national personnel with a headcount above the Michigan average.

46th pct.
national personnel size
+23%
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.

C
PlainFireData Composite Score
59/100
Michigan Department of Natural Resources - Stephenson Field Office

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 C
27 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
27 personnel · 1 station

Michigan Department of Natural Resources - Stephenson Field Office is a Career (Paid) department serving Stephenson, MI (Menominee County), with 1 station and 27 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #12,166 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #12,166 of 22,440
  • MI personnel rank #349 of 1,008
  • 3.70 stations per 100 personnel
  • 13 other listed departments in Menominee County

Michigan Department of Natural Resources - Stephenson Field Office vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

27 Top 54% higher than 46% 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 05599 · Michigan Department of Natural Resources - Stephenson Field Office, MI 27 personnel · 1 station

PERS-SMALL · STA-1 · TYPE-CAREER · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 27
  • STA-1 1 station
  • TYPE-CAREER Career
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-MID #12,166
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Aurora
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Aurora Fire Department, MO (+ 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.

Department Profile

Type
CAREER
Location
Stephenson, MI
FDID
05599

Staffing vs the Michigan average

How Michigan Department of Natural Resources - Stephenson Field Office's personnel count compares to the typical department in Michigan. In-state it ranks #349 of 1,008 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #12,166 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 23% above the state average
Stations
1
State fire deaths/yr
112
MI departments
1,274

County roster fringe

Michigan Department of Natural Resources - Stephenson Field Office is 9.8% of Menominee County roster mass

The county lists 15 departments totaling 275 personnel, so this roster is a small slice; 0% of county departments show EMS coverage. County / state rollup.

3.70 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (1 station / 27 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Aurora Fire Department, MO (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nationwide career peers near 27 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every MI department.